A human being has no natural rights of any nature.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Because my life is empty window of nothingness punctuated by meaningless details of totally mundane non-events.

May you find new opportunities in every encounter.

Doctors most commonly get mixed up between absence of evidence and evidence of abense

The library was quiet. It was busy but it was quiet and I thought it must be like this in a monastery where you had company and sympathy but your thoughts were your own.

I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether it's old cars or taxidermy or knitting.

There should be a drama series about women trying to figure out their mystery leg bruises.

[Smoking] was a comfort, an occupation, a drug, a casual habit, a distraction, a way to not eat, a way to not pay attention, a way to not feel.

We are loved by Love itself. There is nothing good that we can't do.

He who falls obstinate in his courage, if he falls he fights from his knees.

You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.