The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough

Nature is not human-hearted.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

There's place and means for every man alive.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

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

Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some.

Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

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