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

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest.

It takes a long time to grow young.

During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour

Sow a thought and you get an act; Sow an act and you get a habit; Sow a habit and you get a character; Sow a character and you get a destiny.

I'm never going to be disabled. I'm sick of being so healthy.

Life's a journey, not a destination.

We fear our highest possibility (as well as our lowest one). We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments.

Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.

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

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

We all owe death a life.

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

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.