When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

The past is the best prophet of the future.

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.

The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.

The way to know life is to love many things.

What goes up must come down.

We think too much and feel too little.

There's place and means for every man alive.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

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.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

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.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.