The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

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

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

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

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

I had no blood relatives till I made some.

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.