I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness
People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion
But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.
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.
Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.
A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.
Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.
Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough
Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.
Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.
The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.