Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

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

Courage is a kind of salvation.

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

What goes up must come down.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

Its not the men in your life that matters, its the life in your men.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?

What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

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

The way to know life is to love many things.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often 'Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.'