Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.
What are riches - grandeur - health itself, to the luxury of a pure conscience, the health of the soul; - and what the sufferings of poverty, disappointment, despair - to the anguish of an afflicted one!
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world.
Love is a luxury." "No. Love is an element." An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on.
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.
When you are not physically starving, you have the luxury to realize psychic and emotional starvation.
Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it.