Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end.

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.

I can't help thinking that there are only one or two ways of being brought into this world, but there are so many fucked-up ways of leaving it.

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

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

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest.

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

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

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

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

All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up - that growing is an ever ongoing process.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.

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