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

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

Life has a certain flavour for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

The pleasure of the moment begins to wither almost as soon as it blossoms; our pleasures are soon swallowed up in time's relentless torrent.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.

What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.

You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them

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.

A life not lived for others is not a life.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.