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.
Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
It takes a long time to grow young.
Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.
Live for yourself and you will live in vain;Live for others, and you will live again.
Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.
People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.
We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.
