All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.
This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.
Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.
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.
It is not the length of life, but the depth.
There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
Life must be lived as play.
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?
Time is the best killer.
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.
