To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Life has got to be lived-that's all that there is to it.

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

Sow a thought and you get an act; Sow an act and you get a habit; Sow a habit and you get a character; Sow a character and you get a destiny.

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

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

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

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

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

Pain don't hurt.

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