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

Pain don't hurt.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

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 an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.

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

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

Time is the best killer.

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

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life