You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.

We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Within the child lies the fate of the future.

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

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.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

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

The pleasure of the moment begins to wither almost as soon as it blossoms; our pleasures are soon swallowed up in time's relentless torrent.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

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

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

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.