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

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

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

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

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

My art and profession is to live.

Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you have to keep at it until it becomes rooted so it can take care or itself. There are so many enemies of trees.

Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

I can't wait to figure out what is wrong with me, so I can say this is the way that I used to be.