Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

There is one common struggle against those who have appropriated the earth, the money, and the machines.

Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

Certain signs precede certain events.

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.

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

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child

Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.

Time is the best killer.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.