I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

I believe when you meet the right person it clicks, and you both know and you start making it work, you know?

I hate to say it, but I had a great time in World War II.

You cannot be both unhappy, and fully present in the Now.

Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are cities and walls.

Every aspect of your life is anchored energetically in your living space, so clearing your clutter can completely transform your entire existence.

Unusual commencement advice: Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.

Try to force celibacy upon yourself and your dreams will become sexual, they will have a quality of sexuality.

[...] the inevitable triumph of illusion over reality that was the single most obvious truth about the history of the human race [...]

Study the lives of our great women, who were models of patience, fortitude, compassion and sacrifice.

God has given us the fascination and mystery of irrational numbers, as one aspect of a rich world