The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

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

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.

There is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

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.

Only he who accepts clashes and conflicts in life, loves life.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

The future is the shape of things to come.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

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

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.