Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.
When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.
The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.
Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.
Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties
A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.
One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.
Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
To do a great right do a little wrong.
Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.
Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
No one has ever become poor by giving.
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
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.
I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.