Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
My life didn't please me, so I created my life.
Anything I've done up till 27 May 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.
The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour
No one has ever become poor by giving.
Life is a journey, not a destination.
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?
Courage is a kind of salvation.
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.
I can't wait to figure out what is wrong with me, so I can say this is the way that I used to be.
My art and profession is to live.
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.
One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
We all owe death a life.
The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
