You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.

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.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.

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

For life in general, there is but one decree: youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

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

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

Live to the point of tears.

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.

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

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

My art and profession is to live.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.

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