True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

It is not the length of life, but the depth.

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some.

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

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

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.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

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

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

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

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

The way to know life is to love many things.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

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.