I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.

Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.

Every person who ever thought he had a right to assert, and went boldly and asserted it, himself, or jointly with others that shared his convictions, was a direct actionist.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

Nature is not human-hearted.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.

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

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child

It is not the length of life, but the depth.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.