Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

I can't help thinking that there are only one or two ways of being brought into this world, but there are so many fucked-up ways of leaving it.

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you have to keep at it until it becomes rooted so it can take care or itself. There are so many enemies of trees.

love the life you live.live the life you love.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

Pain don't hurt.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!