To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion

We all owe death a life.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

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

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

Life should be great rather than long.

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.

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

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