I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

Effective action is always unjust.

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

Thought is free.

If you never stop when you wave goodbye you just might find, if you give it time, you will wave hello again...

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

The paranoid is never entirely mistaken.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

I've been looking for a girl like you - not you, but a girl like you.

You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.