Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

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.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

Live your life and forget your age.

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.

The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.