A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.
Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.
The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?
I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.
The more I see, the less I know for sure.
Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.
We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.
One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.
The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest.
Wrinkles are engraved smiles.
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.
To forgive is not just to be altruistic.
