Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.
It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.
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.
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
love the life you live.live the life you love.
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.
Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.
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 is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
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.
If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough
I restore myself when I'm alone.
Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.
If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.