Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough

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

Certain signs precede certain events.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

First, then, God, being all-just, wishes to do justice; being all-wise, knows what justice is; being all-powerful, can do justice. Why then injustice?

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.