I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.

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.

Life has a certain flavour for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.

Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.

If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

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

Life is a journey, not a destination.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.