Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

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

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference

It takes a long time to grow young.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

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

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

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

Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.