Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.

Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Live your life and forget your age.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.

In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you have to keep at it until it becomes rooted so it can take care or itself. There are so many enemies of trees.

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

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

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

The natural world is the greatest source of excitement. The greatest source of visual beauty. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.