Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy

The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

Live to the point of tears.

love the life you live.live the life you love.

Life has a certain flavour for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.

I can't wait to figure out what is wrong with me, so I can say this is the way that I used to be.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.