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.

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.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

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

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed

Live to the point of tears.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

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.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

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

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

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

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

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