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

I'm never going to be disabled. I'm sick of being so healthy.

You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.

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

A life not lived for others is not a life.

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

Life must be lived as play.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.

You can have it all. Just not all at once.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Let the guarantee of free speech be in every man's determination to use it, and we shall have no need of paper declarations.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

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