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.
If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life
It takes a long time to grow young.
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
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
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.
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
The way to know life is to love many things.
Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.
True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.
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.
There's no advantage to hurrying through life.
The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air
Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?
Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.