A life not lived for others is not a life.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.

When all life is seen as divine, everyone grows wings.

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.

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

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

A tragedy means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.

We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

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

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

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

Life is a journey, not a destination.