Do what's right for you, as long as it don't hurt no one

Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

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

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

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.

Life must be lived as play.

I am not young enough to know everything.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.