No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.
The natural world is the greatest source of excitement. The greatest source of visual beauty. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.
The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose
Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.
Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.
A tragedy means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?
The way to know life is to love many things.
History is the devil's scripture.
Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you have to keep at it until it becomes rooted so it can take care or itself. There are so many enemies of trees.
We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.
Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.
