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

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

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

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

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

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

Im not in this world to live up to your expectations and youre not in this world to live up to mine.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.

The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest.

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