The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

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

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

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.

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.

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

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

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

History is the devil's scripture.

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

Only he who accepts clashes and conflicts in life, loves life.