Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

Life should be great rather than long.

The future is the shape of things to come.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

The less you know, the more you believe.

The image is one thing and the human being is another...It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

All of us are products of our childhood.

If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.

If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference