Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

I think what you’re seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they’ve got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out.

Sometimes, people can be extraordinarily judgmental and closed-minded to anyone different or special, which is why it’s so hard for young people in this day and age to be comfortable enough in their own skin to not listen to the people picking on them.

The drama and the trauma of the relationship you have when you’re 16 can mirror the one you have when you’re 26. Life repeats itself.

A man’s felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.

My whole life is a theater piece.

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.

Nothing is worth more than this day.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Life’s like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways – either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.

There is no love of life without despair of life.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.

I’m very, very serious – I’m serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely wedded to the next moment.

Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.

I never woke up and thought, ‚I really want to live a bold life.‘

All generalizations are false, including this one.

I don’t pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.

All variety of created objects which represent order and life in the universe could happen only by the willful reasoning of its original Creator, whom I call the ‚Lord God.‘

Hell is other people.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

Life is too short not to celebrate nice moments!

My whole life has been one big improvisation.

It is a common saying, and in everybody’s mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act.

Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

The way up and the way down are one and the same.

Nothing on this earth is standing still. It’s either growing or it’s dying. No matter if it’s a tree or a human being.

Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.

We are not the sum of our possessions.

It doesn’t matter who likes you or doesn’t like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you.

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

I think that there’s no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else’s type of thinking.

A man’s as miserable as he thinks he is.

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

I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I’m not here to preach hate or push people down.

The universe as we know it is a joint product of the observer and the observed.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

Life’s a rollercoaster. You’re up one minute; you’re down one minute. But who doesn’t like rollercoasters?