A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

Within the child lies the fate of the future.

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

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

The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.

I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

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

Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.