Every person who ever thought he had a right to assert, and went boldly and asserted it, himself, or jointly with others that shared his convictions, was a direct actionist.

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

To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

In the end, everything is a gag.

Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

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

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

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