Life is too short for long-term grudges.

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

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.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Within the child lies the fate of the future.

Nature is not human-hearted.

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

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

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

I can't help thinking that there are only one or two ways of being brought into this world, but there are so many fucked-up ways of leaving it.