Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Live your life and forget your age.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

Sometimes - history needs a push.

I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.