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

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

All sport ... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

Do what's right for you, as long as it don't hurt no one

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

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

Sometimes - history needs a push.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

A tragedy means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.