Some impose upon the world that they believe that which they do not; others, more in number, make themselves believe that they believe, not being able to penetrate into what it is to believe.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

You cannot till this year’s land using last year’s sun.

In the great flood of human life that is spawned upon the earth, it is not often that a man is born.

Contentment is the continuing act of accepting the process of your own life.

In science, obsessiveness under psychological control can be a virtue.

Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly.

I'm as pro-life as a person gets. You're not going to have a truce.

It's objective evaluations that give our hardwiring principles teeth and drive the organization toward results that last.

Hoping gets you nothing in life. If you want more in life it’s your job to earn it.

If you have to ask if a clothing item is a dress or a top, it is always a top.

When songs fall from the sky, all I can do is catch them before they hit the ground.