In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed
Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.
Life has got to be lived-that's all that there is to it.
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.
Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?
On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness
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.
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
Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.
A lie told often enough becomes the truth.
How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
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.
