I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

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.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.

Sometimes - history needs a push.

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up - that growing is an ever ongoing process.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

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

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

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.

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

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.