Live for yourself and you will live in vain;Live for others, and you will live again.

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

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.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

The image is one thing and the human being is another...It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

Any place I hang my head is home.

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen'

We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.

Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.

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

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.

Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.