This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.
I can't help thinking that there are only one or two ways of being brought into this world, but there are so many fucked-up ways of leaving it.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
I want to feel my life while I'm in it.
To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.
Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.
Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
Let the guarantee of free speech be in every man's determination to use it, and we shall have no need of paper declarations.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
First, then, God, being all-just, wishes to do justice; being all-wise, knows what justice is; being all-powerful, can do justice. Why then injustice?
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
