If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

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.

Nature is not human-hearted.

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

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

I can't help thinking that there are only one or two ways of being brought into this world, but there are so many fucked-up ways of leaving it.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

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.

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion

Within the child lies the fate of the future.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.