The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Within the child lies the fate of the future.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.

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

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.

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

A tragedy means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.

Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

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.

To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

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

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.