I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.

It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.

Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure.

Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.

He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with one than happiness with the other.

Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant.

Why did you look at the sunset?'Philip answered with his mouth full:Because I was happy.

Schools are made for the average. The holes are all round, and whatever shape the pegs are they must wedge in somehow. One hasn't time to bother about anything but the average.

You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.

To live with regret is to deny one's life of living.

What we believe is heavily influenced by what we think others believe

When you're my size in the pros fear is a sign that you're not stupid.

I have some ideas on how to fix that. They're not very good ideas, but at least they're ideas!

Great changes are easier than small ones.

To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.

The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. The purest metal comes of the most ardent furnace; the most brilliant lightning come of the darkest clouds.

One day America and all its presidents will be a footnote in history, but the kingdom of Jesus will never end.

The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure.

How can we scramble away like rats, without honor, without dignity, when everyone must help rebuild the country?