Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

I want to feel my life while I'm in it.

I am not young enough to know everything.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams

Let the guarantee of free speech be in every man's determination to use it, and we shall have no need of paper declarations.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour

You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.

In the end, everything is a gag.

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

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.

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.

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

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

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

Sometimes - history needs a push.