Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government? Is it not possible to take a step further towardsrecognizing and organizing the rights of man?

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

No one sits, as you do, so close to a king, who does not begin to grasp how the levers of power work, and the cost of the oil that must grease them.

The destiny of future generations depends on our actions today

Married men live longer. Yes. And an indoor cat also lives longer. It's a furball with a broken spirit, that can only look out on a world it can never enjoy. But it does technically live longer.

They hit you at school, they hate you if your clever, and they despise a fool.

Quiet your mind and stop judging and resisting and manipulating the natural way.

No one touches me when I write my story, unless I hire you to or I allow you to.

A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.

Daniel supposed he had a secret life. Most people did; it was hardly possible to live without one.

People who don't read books a lot are threatened by books.

Don't pay any attention to the critics; don't even ignore them.