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

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

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

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.

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.

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.