Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.

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

Do what's right for you, as long as it don't hurt no one

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

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.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

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.

Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

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.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

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.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.