The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

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.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

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

Certain signs precede certain events.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

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

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

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.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.