It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose

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

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.

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

Live simply so others may simply live.

If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

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

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often 'Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.'

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.