Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end.

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.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Any place I hang my head is home.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

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

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.

If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

The natural world is the greatest source of excitement. The greatest source of visual beauty. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.