When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

There's place and means for every man alive.

If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.

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

Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

The less you know, the more you believe.

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.

The pleasure of the moment begins to wither almost as soon as it blossoms; our pleasures are soon swallowed up in time's relentless torrent.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

Sometimes - history needs a push.