Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

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

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

Life has a certain flavour for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.

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

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

All of us are products of our childhood.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

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

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.

Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain;Live for others, and you will live again.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.