The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved — loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.
Unless a life is lived for others, it is not worthwhile.
Learn how to live, and you’ll know how to die; learn how to die, and you’ll learn how to live.
To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.
What is my life if I am no longer useful to others?
I do not believe in revealed religion - I will have nothing to do with your immortality; we are miserable enough in this life, without speculating on another.
Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.