I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness

I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.

Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end.

Time is the best killer.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.

Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you have to keep at it until it becomes rooted so it can take care or itself. There are so many enemies of trees.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain;Live for others, and you will live again.

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.