All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Live your life and forget your age.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

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

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

Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.

Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

Time is the best killer.

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

Certain signs precede certain events.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

No one has ever become poor by giving.

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

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

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life