Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.
A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.
Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
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.
If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.
In the end, everything is a gag.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.
The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.
It takes a long time to grow young.
