“The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.”

“The shoe that fits one person pinches another there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.”

“I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.”

“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.”

“Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.”

“There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”

“Life is hard it's harder if you're stupid.”

“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.”

“My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.”

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”

“Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.”

“Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.”

“To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.”

“Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.”

“I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.”

“Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!”

“Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.”

“Dreams are necessary to life.”

“Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.”

“I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.”

“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.”