People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
Old age is by nature rather talkative.
That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.
The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour
A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.
Pain don't hurt.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
The future is the shape of things to come.
Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.
In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.
We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.
If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life
To do a great right do a little wrong.
