Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

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.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

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

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour

My art and profession is to live.

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.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

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