Leonard Nimoy Quotes

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.

All I know is real life. I don't know how to act. I don't know how to pretend.

To just let go, and not pick everything to death. To just let go and enjoy what you had. To just let go and not make everybody around you miserable with your own internal dialogue. To just let go and be happy. So simple. So difficult. So terrifying.

How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and that there will never be a time when it is not now.

Without our stories, we are not only able to act clearly and fearlessly, we are also a friend, a listener. We are people living happy lives. We are appreciation and gratitude that have become as natural as breath itself. Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know and that we already have everything we need, right here now.

Simplicity is the straightforwardness of a soul which refuses itself any reaction with regard to itself or its deeds. This virtue differs from and surpasses sincerity. We see many people who are sincere without being simple. They do not wish to be taken for other than what they are; but they are always fearing lest they should be taken for what they are not.

In life, what more can you ask for than to be real?

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be.

When you eliminate vanity from an art form, and I would think that this would be any art form, what is left is an opportunity to be incredibly naked and truthful.

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

You can run, run, run away from a lot of things in life, but you can't run away from yourself. And the key to happiness is to understand and accept who you are.

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it.

A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men.

It is always easier to write from the heart and deal with things in the present.

The key is to be Zen-like and be happy with what one has.

Live a sincere life; be natural, and be honest with yourself.

The only true happiness lies in knowing who you are ... and making peace with it.

My first wish is to be simple in my actions, truthful in my speech, honest in my opinions, and natural in my behavior. In other words, I want to be clean in mind, heart, and body.

Just write the best you can about the things that concern you most. I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

Wisdom consists partly in not pretending anymore, in discarding artifice.

The simple-hearted and sincere never do more than half deceive themselves.

The things that make us happy make us wise.

Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true.

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being.