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

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.

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams

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 I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

What goes up must come down.

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

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

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.