You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.

The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Live simply so others may simply live.

Do what's right for you, as long as it don't hurt no one

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Its not the men in your life that matters, its the life in your men.

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

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!

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

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

A life not lived for others is not a life.