A thing derided is a thing dead; a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man.

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers.

If you are doing what you love to do and on the way helping the humanity, then you are a success.

One thing is undeniably clear. We have all had bad experiences, we have all had tragedies in our lives which help to shape who we are.

If you enjoy what you do, don't be afraid of expressing your enthusiasm. Enjoyment is infectious.

I'm always at the opposite end of the spectrum, the opposite of hipster culture, and I enjoy that.

I came to realize that we don’t raise boys to be men, we raise them not to be women.

It's amazing that something as simple as a kiss can overpower the worst of worries.

ENERGY RIGHTLY APPLIED CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.

Trump's "Make America Great Again" program trumpets a national identity built on scapegoating, self-pity and grandiosity, and the promise of a strongman.

If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool.