Some people think it's holding on that makes one strong. Sometimes it's letting go.

A lover's life lies in death. You shall not find a heart without losing the heart.

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

I am the captain of my soul.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.

The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty and joy ... This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing, it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of Divine accident.

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year. He only is right who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded by worry, fret and anxiety. Finish every day, and be done with it. You have done what you could.

We do not want the peace of slaves nor the peace of the grave.