I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.

The less you know, the more you believe.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Nature is not human-hearted.

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

The past is the best prophet of the future.

The future is the shape of things to come.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

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

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

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.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

Anything I've done up till 27 May 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.

History is the devil's scripture.

What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.