If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.
We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.
Life has a certain flavour for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.
A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life
The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.
Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.
Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.
Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.
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.
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
If we are not free, no one will respect us.
The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.
Live your life and forget your age.
The natural world is the greatest source of excitement. The greatest source of visual beauty. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.
Time is the best killer.
The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.
Life is the dancer and you are the dance.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.