In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection.
Pain don't hurt.
It would please me best if, at the last, a marble stone shall record that this Queen having lived such and such a time, lived and died a virgin.
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
Live to the point of tears.
I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.
Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.
Let silence take you to the core of life.
A lie told often enough becomes the truth.
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
I want to feel my life while I'm in it.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
First, then, God, being all-just, wishes to do justice; being all-wise, knows what justice is; being all-powerful, can do justice. Why then injustice?
It is not the length of life, but the depth.
I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life
If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.
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.
In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.
