I feel as if I'm always on the verge of waking up.

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

It's been a long time since I've been me.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

The greatest adventure is to have no fear for the blaze that lies ahead.

Your level of consciousness depends on your love and understanding of this universe and all its contents.

Never put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Except in mathematics, the shortest distance between point A and point B is seldom a straight line. I don't believe in mathematics.

In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them.

I've always had a certain facility with words.

I'm not sure you can count as history, was Keith Richards's "Life," which he so modestly titled it. I did find it a fascinating book. Keith's a pretty honest fellow.

My sister would say I'm a feeder because I like cooking for people.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.