Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

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

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

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

The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.

In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.

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.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.