In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection.

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.

True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.

The way to know life is to love many things.

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.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.

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

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

Do what's right for you, as long as it don't hurt no one

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

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

Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

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.

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

What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life.

You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.