Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.

A life not lived for others is not a life.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose

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.