Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.
The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again
The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.
The past is the best prophet of the future.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
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.
To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.
If I get married, I want to be very married.
I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed
Life is the dancer and you are the dance.
In the end, everything is a gag.
Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
Sometimes - history needs a push.
