Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

Live to the point of tears.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough

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.

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

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Live simply so others may simply live.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

Life should be great rather than long.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.