Life is a journey, not a destination.

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

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

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

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

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

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

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.

Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

Any place I hang my head is home.