Every person who ever thought he had a right to assert, and went boldly and asserted it, himself, or jointly with others that shared his convictions, was a direct actionist.

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

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.

All of us are products of our childhood.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

What goes up must come down.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

The future is the shape of things to come.

Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.