There is one common struggle against those who have appropriated the earth, the money, and the machines.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.
Let silence take you to the core of life.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...
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.
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.
Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.
That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
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.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.
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.
Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.
Life is too short for long-term grudges.
