All the world is a stage and we are merely players.

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The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.

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The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

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We live in the most probable of all possible worlds.

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A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. - Kurt Vonnegut

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The first law of nature is self-preservation. Cut off that which may harm you. But if it is worth preserving, and is meaningful, nourish it and have no regrets. Ultimately, this is true living and love of self...from within. ― T.F. Hodge

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The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.

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Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. ― Aeschylus

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Happy people build their inner world; unhappy people blame their outer world.

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Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties. — Jules Renard

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