Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

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

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

What goes up must come down.

The way to know life is to love many things.

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.