I can't help thinking that there are only one or two ways of being brought into this world, but there are so many fucked-up ways of leaving it.

We fear our highest possibility (as well as our lowest one). We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments.

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

Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.

My art and profession is to live.

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

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

I am not young enough to know everything.

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

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.

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

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

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain;Live for others, and you will live again.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

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

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.