Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future.
Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
Oh, now, now, now, the only now, and above all now, and there is no other now but thou now and now is thy prophet.
Her philosophy is carpe diem for herself and laissez faire for others.
We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.
One life on this earth is all that we get, whether it is enough or not enough, and the obvious conclusion would seem to be that at the very least we are fools if we do not live it as fully and bravely and beautifully as we can.
There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
Say it before you run out of time. Say it before it’s too late. Say what you’re feeling. Waiting is a mistake.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act – act in the living Present! Heart within and God overhead.
So act that anything you do may become universal law.
Take it easy baby, take it as it comes – specialize in having fun!
Your time is too valuable, your destiny is too great, and your future is too bright to waste a single moment. Be a now person.
Slow down and enjoy the journey right now. Take time for the people in your life. They won’t always be there.
The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do it.
Life is precarious, and life is precious. Don’t presume you will have it tomorrow, and don’t waste it today.
Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.
If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
There’s a spark in you. You’ve just got to ignite the light and let it shine.