Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.

First, then, God, being all-just, wishes to do justice; being all-wise, knows what justice is; being all-powerful, can do justice. Why then injustice?

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

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

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

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

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.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.

If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.

Live simply so others may simply live.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes