Do what's right for you, as long as it don't hurt no one

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

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

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.

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

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

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.

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

The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

My art and profession is to live.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.