Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.
I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.
The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours – it is an amazing journey – and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.
Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing.
One must give value to one’s existence by behaving as if one’s very existence were a work of art.
Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.
Live as though life were created for you.
Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.
If there is a God, he is within. You don’t ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme.
The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
A life without a cause is a life without effect.
If your life is worth thinking about, it is worth writing about.
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.