There is nothing more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face, and among country people it is always a sign of a well-regulated life.
I would never be part of anything. I would never really belong anywhere, and I knew it, and all my life would be the same, trying to belong, and failing. Always something would go wrong. I am a stranger and I always will be, and after all I didn’t really care.
Some days, it seems to me like the purpose of life is to convert energy into beauty.
He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
To be poor, ugly and, moreover, intelligent condemns one in our society to a dark and disillusioned life. . . to beauty all is forgiven.
All I do is work, that's all my life is work.
Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.
Successful people have control over the time in their life. A shoemaker who owns his own shop gets up one morning and says, 'I'm not opening,' That's a successful guy.
One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape. . . it allows us to fix our emotions on events at the moment they occur, it permits a union of heart and mind and tongue and tear.
Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
Life is beautiful. Really, it is. Full of beauty and illusions. Life is great. Without it, you'd be dead.
The real joy in life comes from finding your true purpose and aligning it with what you do every single day.
I measure my life out in books. " "You should be measuring your life by living. Correction: you shouldn't be measuring your life. What's the point?
There is no language that love does not speak.
In every woman's life there is one real and consuming love. But very few women guess which one it is.
This life that has been given to us as a gift, as such a precious gift. To really try to understand it, really try to recognize it, is the greatest meditation. Through the media of this Knowledge we can tap into our inner sources that are so beautiful.
When you know better you do better.
Nothing goes to waste on the journey of life. Both good and bad experiences shape your mind and heart for what is to come.
My life is a dream come true of a dream I never knew I even had
