Only he who accepts clashes and conflicts in life, loves life.

The past is the best prophet of the future.

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.

Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough

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

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

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

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

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.