Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

Every person who ever thought he had a right to assert, and went boldly and asserted it, himself, or jointly with others that shared his convictions, was a direct actionist.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

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.

The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them

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

Don't cry for a man who's left you - the next one may fall for your smile.

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

Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Sometimes - history needs a push.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.