My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

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.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

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

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.

He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.