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

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.

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

He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

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

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour

I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.

Life is the dancer and you are the dance.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

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

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

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.