During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!

We think too much and feel too little.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.

Every person who ever thought he had a right to assert, and went boldly and asserted it, himself, or jointly with others that shared his convictions, was a direct actionist.

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.