Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

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

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

I am not young enough to know everything.

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

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour

Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

love the life you live.live the life you love.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up - that growing is an ever ongoing process.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

Within the child lies the fate of the future.

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

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

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

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