Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.

If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.

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

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.