Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

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.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain;Live for others, and you will live again.

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.

I am not young enough to know everything.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.