Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough?

Remember that there is only one important time and it is Now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person with whom you are, who is right before you, for who knows if you will have dealings with any other person in the future? The most important pursuit is making that person, the one standing at you side, happy, for that alone is the pursuit of life.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Pretence about anything sometimes deceives the wisest and shrewdest man, but, however cunningly it is hidden, a child of the meanest capacity feels it and is repelled by it.

The appreciation of the merits of art (of the emotions it conveys) depends upon an understanding of the meaning of life...

All the girls in the world were divided into two classes: one class included all the girls in the world except her, and they had all the usual human feelings and were very ordinary girls; while the other class -herself alone- had no weaknesses and was superior to all humanity.