I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough

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

If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.

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

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

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.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.