Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

My art and profession is to live.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

Pain don't hurt.

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

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