Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.
I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.
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.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.
Only he who accepts clashes and conflicts in life, loves life.
The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
Life is a journey, not a destination.
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
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.
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
Life is too short for long-term grudges.
Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.
Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.
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.
