The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour

Certain signs precede certain events.

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?

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

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

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

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

Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.

Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air