To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
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.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.
All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.
History has shown there are no invincible armies.
Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.
Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.
Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.
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
The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.
Let the guarantee of free speech be in every man's determination to use it, and we shall have no need of paper declarations.
Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.
What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life.
Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.
Any place I hang my head is home.
