My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

Within the child lies the fate of the future.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

Live to the point of tears.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often 'Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.'

Life is a journey, not a destination.

The pleasure of the moment begins to wither almost as soon as it blossoms; our pleasures are soon swallowed up in time's relentless torrent.

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

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

Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.

I can't help thinking that there are only one or two ways of being brought into this world, but there are so many fucked-up ways of leaving it.

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

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.