If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.

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.

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.

You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

Nature is not human-hearted.

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

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.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

The less you know, the more you believe.

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

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

The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.