Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

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

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.

In the end, everything is a gag.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy

To do a great right do a little wrong.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

We think too much and feel too little.

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.