Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.
Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.
Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.
Life has got to be lived-that's all that there is to it.
Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
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
Any place I hang my head is home.
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveller, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Every person who ever thought he had a right to assert, and went boldly and asserted it, himself, or jointly with others that shared his convictions, was a direct actionist.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.
The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.
Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.
Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough
