A tragedy means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.

Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.

Only he who accepts clashes and conflicts in life, loves life.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.

If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end.

Every person who ever thought he had a right to assert, and went boldly and asserted it, himself, or jointly with others that shared his convictions, was a direct actionist.

Where there is love there is life.

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

The past is the best prophet of the future.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.