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

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

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

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

Live simply so others may simply live.

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

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

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

History is the devil's scripture.

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

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

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