You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this read more

As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should read more

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, read more

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person.

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my read more

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas."

Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.

Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst

Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.