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.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.
That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.
Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
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.'