Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.
Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.
Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.
Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.
Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.
Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
We think too much and feel too little.
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.
Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.
Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.