Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.
Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.
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.
One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
You can have it all. Just not all at once.
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?
Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.
Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.
Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.
When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?
If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.
Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.
Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.
Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.
