“Do less, better.”

“Make your peace with the fact that saying ‘no’ often requires trading popularity for respect.”

“A good traveler has no fixed plan, and is not intent on arriving.”

“Life can be improved by adding, or by subtracting.”

“The man who for the first time picks a small flower so that he can have it near him while he works has taken a step toward joy in life.”

“Boredom is anxiety about absence of meaning in a person’s activities or circumstances.”

“We get such a kick out of looking forward to pleasures and rushing ahead to meet them that we can’t slow down enough to enjoy them when they come.”

The future, is made up of purely abstract and logical elements – inferences, guesses, deductions – it cannot be eaten, felt, smelled, seen, heard, or otherwise enjoyed. To pursue it is to pursue a constantly retreating phantom, and the faster you chase it, the faster it runs ahead.

“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”

“The difficulty lies, not in new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.”

“In some sense our ability to open the future will depend not on how well we learn anymore but how well we are able to unlearn.”

“Some lessons have to be experienced before they can be understood.”

“I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by the belief in the virtuousness of work, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organized diminution of work.”

Ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus described contemplation as “Listening to the essence of things.”

“The best way to achieve felicity is to aim low.”

“Things that have never happened before happen all the time.”

“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”

“If we gain something, it was there from the beginning. If we lose anything, it is hidden nearby.”

“The purpose of the margin of safety is to render the forecast unnecessary.”

Emotions can get in the way or get you on the way.

“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.”

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

“If you offer something that your prospect needs or wants… then shame on you if you don’t use every tactic available to get your sales message across so the poor guy can justify buying it.”

The essential difference between emotion and reason is that emotion leads to action while reason leads to conclusions. 

“The only limits you have are the limits you believe.”

“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”

“The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.”

“The future influences the present just as much as the past.”

“If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you will see obstacles.”

Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.