Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.
Life begins on the other side of despair.
To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.
At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.
The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
We live in a rainbow of chaos.
I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.
A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience.
Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.
Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living.
To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.
Life is to be entered upon with courage.
Fate loves the fearless.
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.
Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.
