Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

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

If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

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

It is not the length of life, but the depth.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

I'm never going to be disabled. I'm sick of being so healthy.

For life in general, there is but one decree: youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret.