Every man carries the entire form of human condition.

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.

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.

If the artist reflects only his own culture, then his works will die with that culture. But if his works reflect the eternal and universal, they will revive.

I'm not really into the fashion thing.

Some girls look beautiful with no makeup on at all. I call them lazy. Now go throw some war paint on you bleak empty canvas you.

I want my next girlfriend to be my wife.

Saints are simply men & women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God.

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

What is play and delightful one kind of child is coercion and torture for another, and will not take no matter how much coercion is applied.

Eliminate the unnecessary and focus on the substance.

My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.