The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

Life is but thought.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.