One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

We think too much and feel too little.

When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often 'Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.'

What goes up must come down.

Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest.

Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.

Sow a thought and you get an act; Sow an act and you get a habit; Sow a habit and you get a character; Sow a character and you get a destiny.

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

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.

Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life