The pleasure of the moment begins to wither almost as soon as it blossoms; our pleasures are soon swallowed up in time's relentless torrent.
In the end, everything is a gag.
In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.
Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.
During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.
Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.
One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.
I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.
All of us are products of our childhood.
Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.
Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.
Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.
We think too much and feel too little.
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.
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.
The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.
How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?
