All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

All of us are products of our childhood.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.

Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.