When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

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

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

The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

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

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

In the end, everything is a gag.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

We think too much and feel too little.

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.