The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.
The less you know, the more you believe.
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up - that growing is an ever ongoing process.
If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.
Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.
Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
Live for yourself and you will live in vain;Live for others, and you will live again.
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.
The natural world is the greatest source of excitement. The greatest source of visual beauty. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.
Live simply so others may simply live.
Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
