A desire for truth is by no means a need for certitude and it would be unwise to confuse one with the other.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

I may not be where I want to be but I'm thankful for not being where I used to be.

The vicious circle of life is employment

We're always on breath away from something--living or dying--, sometimes it just can't be helped.

A leader is not authenticated by title or position, but by character and influence, most important by leading among the pack and not in front.

In the course of history many more people have died for their drink and their dope than have died for their religion or their country.

The ground is no place for a champion. The ground is no place that I will wallow on.

I think the ideal way of living is to live like the vast majority of people whom we attempt to serve and represent.

"The whiter the bread, the quicker you're dead" because white bread lacks vitamin E and lecithin.

There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.

I feared disappointing my father more than anything in the world.