Diogenes was asked what wine he liked best; and he answered as I would have done when he said, "Somebody else's".

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Love transforms pleasure into pain.

I have learned in my journey of faith that, the closer I am walking with God, the more likely the devil will be working to make me stumble.

Let us not be deceived - we are today in the midst of a cold war.

I never tried to stage, to fabricate an image.

I like to photograph anyone before they know what their best angles are.

Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers

Philosophers ought to aspire to know lots of different things and to forge useful synthetic perspectives.

By the time I was 13, I was the only one in London, Ontario, who knew how to play rock n' roll.

I can't say that I always want to get out of bed, you know.

I'm a lyric man - I'm always looking for meaningful songs.