Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
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
It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.
If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.
Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.
My life didn't please me, so I created my life.
Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.
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.
I want to feel my life while I'm in it.
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.
Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you have to keep at it until it becomes rooted so it can take care or itself. There are so many enemies of trees.
If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
You can have it all. Just not all at once.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Courage is a kind of salvation.
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.
I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.
