Only he who accepts clashes and conflicts in life, loves life.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

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.

What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

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

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

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

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

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

You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.

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.