Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.

He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.

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

All of us are products of our childhood.

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

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

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

I am not young enough to know everything.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air