I count only the hours that are serene.

There is a courage of happiness as well as a courage of sorrow.

Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?.

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness.

Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.

If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.

How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words.

The living are just the dead on holiday

At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.

We are never the same with others as when we are alone. We are different, even when we are in the dark with them.

Many a happiness in life, a many a disaster, is due to chance alone; but the peace within us can never be governed by chance.

The destiny of a man is determined by his daily action, God won't allow you go anywhere, if you don't make an attempt to move.

What sort of future is coming up from behind I don't really know. But the past, spread out ahead, dominates everything in sight.

to have to combat one’s instincts—that is the formula for decadence: as long as life is ascending, happiness and instinct are one.

If you woke up each morning, and immediately dwelt on your ills, what sort of a day could you look forward to?

The marathon is like a bullfight.

I always look on the bright side of everything. If you keep aiming for some goal, you usually get there if you don't give up.

Keanu Reeves is, like, the worst actor I've ever seen. I can't believe he's a movie star.

You gotta stay 'fresh to death,' I call it. Fresh outfit, fresh haircut, fresh tan. Just stay fresh.

In terms of fitting in, you know, I don't have a lot of armor up. I'm a raw nerve and it's really uncomfortable for a lot of people.

Plant a radish, get a radish, never any doubt. That's why I love vegetables, you know what they're about!