That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.
A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.
All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
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.
Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.
Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.
Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you have to keep at it until it becomes rooted so it can take care or itself. There are so many enemies of trees.
Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.
History is the devil's scripture.
The way to know life is to love many things.
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.
Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?
Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.
It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
We all owe death a life.
I am not young enough to know everything.
To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.