Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

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

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

There is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Certain signs precede certain events.

Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included

I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

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

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.