One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

Within the child lies the fate of the future.

Sometimes - history needs a push.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Certain signs precede certain events.

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

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.

Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.