If one wants to lead a good life, A HUMAN LIFE, one must work.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.

To live an effective life, you must understand the essence and secret of life

You know that passage in the Bible that says, “And the meek shall inherit the Earth”? Always wondered if that was mistranslated. Perhaps it actually says, “And the geek shall inherit the Earth.

I studied his face, and as I did, I realized that he was studying me, our thoughts tangling in mid-air for a moment.

The priest's lesson: beware the Nightlord, for his pleasure is a mortal's doom. My grandmother's lesson: beware love, especially with the wrong man.

My mother never said to lose weight. Diets were never a big deal. My mom was always beautiful and voluptuous and curvy, and I always thought she was gorgeous.

These Americans believe that everything is possible.

It's not a query of staying wholesome. It's a query of discovering a illness you want.

Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind.

Politics without principles, Education without character, Science without humanity, and Commerce without morality are not only useless, but also positively dangerous.