There's no advantage to hurrying through life.
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.
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.
It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
We fear our highest possibility (as well as our lowest one). We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments.
Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.
Only he who accepts clashes and conflicts in life, loves life.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.
To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
Sometimes - history needs a push.
The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
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.
Life is too short for long-term grudges.