Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.
Life is made up of marble and mud.
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.
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
We think too much and feel too little.
If we are not free, no one will respect us.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
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.
One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.
Life is too short for long-term grudges.
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.
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.
How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?
To forgive is not just to be altruistic.
It would please me best if, at the last, a marble stone shall record that this Queen having lived such and such a time, lived and died a virgin.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.