History is the devil's scripture.

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

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

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

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

I'm never going to be disabled. I'm sick of being so healthy.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

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

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes

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

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

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

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

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 always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.