A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

There is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

The image is one thing and the human being is another...It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

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

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

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.

If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

My art and profession is to live.

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.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!