A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

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

Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player...The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

My art and profession is to live.

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

Life has got to be lived-that's all that there is to it.

The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms 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.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.