To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

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

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

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

Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

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.