The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest.

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.

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.

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

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

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.

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

Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.

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

I can't wait to figure out what is wrong with me, so I can say this is the way that I used to be.

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

We think too much and feel too little.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.