To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion

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

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

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

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

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.