One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

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

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

I can't wait to figure out what is wrong with me, so I can say this is the way that I used to be.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.

In the end, everything is a gag.

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

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

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

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Life has a certain flavour for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.

You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.