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.
The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
I restore myself when I'm alone.
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
It takes a long time to grow young.
Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.
Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.
One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose
True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.
The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.
Anything I've done up till 27 May 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.
Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.
I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness
Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.
To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed
Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.