life

"The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers."

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

"Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is."

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

"I like to believe that you don't need to reach a certain goal to be happy. I prefer to think that happiness is always there, and that when things don't go the way we might like them to, it's a sign from above that something even better is right around the corner."

"I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God was calling me. On the other, I was following the way of the world. Doing what God wanted made me happy; but I felt bound by the things of this world."

"Life is difficult for everyone; everyone has bad days. Everyone has trouble in their life, because it doesn't matter how rich you are: Sickness and trouble and worry and love, these things will mess with you at every level of life."

"It's never nice to lose someone close to you; unfortunately, life goes on, and we have to make peace with it and move on."

"We are star stuff harvesting sunlight."

"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."

"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not."

"Happiness has to do with your mindset, not with outside circumstance."

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

"Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together."

"Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can."

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

"Reading makes you ready for the world. A man who doesn’t read is a man who is easily deceived. You must find that man and make him sign a contract, and you must do it before Satan does. Trust me, the profits are HUGE!"

"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation."

"I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things."

"Most of us have learned the hard way that there are very few things you can absolutely count on in life."