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.

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

If I get married, I want to be very married.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Live simply so others may simply live.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

First, then, God, being all-just, wishes to do justice; being all-wise, knows what justice is; being all-powerful, can do justice. Why then injustice?

All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up - that growing is an ever ongoing process.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

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.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

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

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

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