I believe love produces a certain flowering of the whole personality which nothing else can achieve.

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.

I do not know what the heart of a bad man is like. But i do know what the heart of a good man is like. And it is terrible.

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don't have far to go, either.

Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.

Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly.

Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.

Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.

Take what you can yourself, and don't let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.

Your personal problem will bring national answer!

Was it fair to say I didn't know the full state of my soul?

Life's a game made for everyone, and love is the prize.

I don't break the rules. I merely test their elasticity.

Emulation is not rivalry. Emulation is the child of ambition; rivalry is the unlovable daughter of envy.

The copycat effects of media violence, similar to those previously attributed to westerns, radio serials and comic books, are easy to exaggerate.

Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.

The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm.

'Camp' is a vision of the world in terms of style - but a particular style. It is the love of the exaggerated.

If you think the ocean isn't important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.