Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
There is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived.
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
For life in general, there is but one decree: youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret.
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
I'm never going to be disabled. I'm sick of being so healthy.
One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.
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.
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
If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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.
The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.