A Dionysian life task needs the hardness of the hammer and one of its first essentials is without doubt the joy to be found even in destruction.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

The world is but a canvas for our imagination

Rain is disagreeable, but snow is as much part of the mountain as are sunshine and clear skies.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

So many things--nay every real thing--is good if only it will be humble and ordinate.

It is the purpose of the government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the welfare and rights of the many are conserved.

Not to be a Bible-thumper, but there really is nothing new under the sun.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.

Humans hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn - when they do, which isn't often - on their own, the hard way.

Sometimes you have to lie to tell the truth.