Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.
The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes
Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.
Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
Its not the men in your life that matters, its the life in your men.
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
No one has ever become poor by giving.
History has shown there are no invincible armies.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy
We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.
You can have it all. Just not all at once.
The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.
The natural world is the greatest source of excitement. The greatest source of visual beauty. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.
We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
In the end, everything is a gag.
But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
