Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
The rule is to carry as little as possible.
Love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is only your aversion to it that hurts, nothing else.
The art is long, life is short.
Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.
Sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind but falling in love and not getting arrested.
Life will let you get away with something for a while, but sooner or later, you will pay the price. Everything you do in life causes the effects that you experience. When you get the bill, be prepared to pay.
Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.
Start from wherever you are and with whatever you’ve got.
One person caring about another represents life’s greatest value.
Learn how to turn frustration into fascination. You will learn more being fascinated by life than you will by being frustrated by it.
Love is much deeper than a feeling. Love is a commitment we make to people to always treat that person right and honorably.
Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.
Personal development – the never ending chance to improve not only yourself, but also to attract opportunities and affect others.
You can’t hire someone else to do your push-ups for you.
Those who seek a better life must first become a better person.
Commit yourself to something bigger than yourself.