Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.

Sow a thought and you get an act; Sow an act and you get a habit; Sow a habit and you get a character; Sow a character and you get a destiny.

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

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

My art and profession is to live.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

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

Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some.