If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

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

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

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

All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up - that growing is an ever ongoing process.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

We think too much and feel too little.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain;Live for others, and you will live again.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

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

The pleasure of the moment begins to wither almost as soon as it blossoms; our pleasures are soon swallowed up in time's relentless torrent.

Life is made up of marble and mud.