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

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.

Im not in this world to live up to your expectations and youre not in this world to live up to mine.

Nature is not human-hearted.

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

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.

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough

Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.