Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

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

The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveller, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

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

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.