Life Quotes

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

It's my experience that folks who have no vices have generally very few virtues.

Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships

Just as in ordinary life a man with a fixed life-goal... will always be superior to others who live aimlessly.

Life doesn't forgive weakness.

The stronger must dominate and not mate with the weaker, which would signify the sacrifice of its own higher nature. Only the born weakling can look upon this principle as cruel, and if he does so it is merely because he is of a feebler nature and narrower mind; for if such a law did not direct the process of evolution then the higher development of organic life would not be conceivable at all.

The only preventative measure one can take is to live irregularly.

If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Work is the only thing that gives substance to life.

My life is a simple thing that would interest no one. It is a known fact that I was born, and that is all that is necessary.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share; it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.