The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought, which they seldom use.

if your love is only a will to possess, it's not love

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

If you are busy pleasing everyone, you are not being true to yourself.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Pain is inevitable.
Suffering is optional.

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.

Smile to life and life smiles back.