Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, wants to re-establish them. Ignorance irritates him and knowledge cloys.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

Wine and a straitjacket. That pretty much sums it up.

Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy.

... obsessions are always dangerous.

You have been in Afghanistan I perceive.

What does your sorrow do while you sleep? -It’s awake and waiting. And when it loses patience, it wakes me up.

To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18 is to do pretty well.

Diseases are the tax on pleasures.

No one's female and male, we all have so many different traits. It's just a lie that these certain traits are male and these certain traits are female.

Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute.

It's fun to get out in the field. I really enjoy that. It's fun creating.