One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was the present worse than it is and the future less resolved than it will be.
I wasn't even 20 at the time but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man a warm funny loving family man and turn him into a loser and worse.
Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.
Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.
Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear without hope or worse.
I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement.
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.
There are many victories worse than a defeat.
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.