If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

Nature is not human-hearted.

Do what's right for you, as long as it don't hurt no one

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

It is not the length of life, but the depth.

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

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

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

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

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.