The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.

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

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen'

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.

Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.

All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

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

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

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

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

Life has got to be lived-that's all that there is to it.

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.