History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

The natural world is the greatest source of excitement. The greatest source of visual beauty. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

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 would be tragic if it weren't funny.

Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen'

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

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

Sometimes - history needs a push.

We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.

The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveller, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.

Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.

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

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

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

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.