We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

Pain don't hurt.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

Time is the best killer.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.

I can't wait to figure out what is wrong with me, so I can say this is the way that I used to be.

I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.