Life is the dancer and you are the dance.

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.

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.

The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.

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

The past is the best prophet of the future.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

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

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

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

Life's a journey, not a destination.

As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

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

Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.