Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.
I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.
Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.
In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
Life is too short for long-term grudges.
Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.
I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
Any place I hang my head is home.
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.
I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.
Sow a thought and you get an act; Sow an act and you get a habit; Sow a habit and you get a character; Sow a character and you get a destiny.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
Life's a journey, not a destination.
Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.