Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!

Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades.

Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire.

I hear nothings, I speak nothings, I take interest in nothing and from nothing to nothing I travel gently down the dull way which leads to becoming nothing.

Heed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.

. . . everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable myself.

Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them.

[On the legend that after being beheaded St. Denis walked six miles with his head in his hands:] It is only the first step that is difficult.

I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.

God is not more incomprehensible than you; but if he is not more just, it is hardly worth while beIieving in him.

Faith is a devout belief in what one does not understand.

Every man has a starting capital in life and it is called worth or self-worth.

Because Filipinos are very creative and assiduous people, they will always find a way to make things happen.

Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.

If you genuinely want something, don't wait for it -- teach yourself to be impatient.

I - to say the word "scared", I don't know if I'm scared because, I have faith that we will see this through. But I take Donald Trump seriously. He has literally millions of people who support him.

Careful grooming may take twenty years off a woman's age, but you can't fool a flight of stairs.

If you disagree with me, fine! Because that's the great thing about America, we can disagree!

Until the American majority is willing to live within its means, it can hardly force its political leaders to do so.

My focus has kind of been on teenagers, you know, and I think we've got a huge crisis right now in America, among our teens.

It becomes an emperor to die standing.