Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.

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

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

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.