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.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

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

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.

There's place and means for every man alive.

I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Live your life and forget your age.

There is one common struggle against those who have appropriated the earth, the money, and the machines.

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

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

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

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

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.