Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

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

Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If we're peaceful, life will be peaceful. And so our goal in any situation becomes inner peace.

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

We all owe death a life.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.