When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.
—Muriel Strode (1875–1964) American Author, Businesswoman
I could not, at any age, be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. The fatal thing is the rejection. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American First Lady, Diplomat, Humanitarian
The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he that will not economize will have to agonize.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
Consideration for others is the basic of a good life, a good society.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
People living deeply have no fear of death.
—Anais Nin (1903–77) French-American Essayist
Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music-the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
—Henry Miller (1891–1980) American Novelist
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
—Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as to omit none of the more exquisite and minute points which it embraces, and to raise it to its greatest height and brilliancy.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
—Buddhist Teaching
Study the past, if you would define the future.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
Live simply so others may simply live.
—Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun
At fifteen my heart was set on learning; at thirty I stood firm; at forty I had no more doubts; at fifty I knew the mandate of heaven; at sixty my ear was obedient; at seventy I could follow my heart’s desire without transgressing the norm.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
—Albert Camus (1913–60) Algerian-born French Philosopher, Dramatist, Novelist
The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a position of wealth and honor, he does what is proper to a position of wealth and honor. In a poor and low position, he does what is proper to a poor and low position.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
Tzu-kung asked, ‘Is there a single word which can be a guide to conduct throughout one’s life?’ The Master said, ‘It is perhaps the word ‘shu.’ Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth … lust. When he is strong … quarrelsomeness. When he is old … covetousness.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.
—Jonathan Safran Foer (b.1977) American Novelist
Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
If we don’t know life, how can we know death?
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
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