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

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

In the end, everything is a gag.

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.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.

We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often 'Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.'

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.

Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life

The way to know life is to love many things.

I am not young enough to know everything.

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.