The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

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

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

Live your life and forget your age.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

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

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

To forget is the secret of eternal youth. One grows old only through memory. There's much too little forgetting.