Most celebrated men live in a condition of prostitution.

With everyone born human, a poet - an artist - is born, who dies young and who is survived by an adult.

Nature wants us to enjoy life to the full and die without giving it a second thought; Christianity wants the opposite.

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.

There are people whose clocks stop at a certain point in their lives.

Nothing is more painful to me than the disdain with which people treat second-rate authors, as if there were room only for the first-raters.

I have always thought that if we began for one moment to say what we thought, society would collapse.

Despair itself if it goes on long enough, can become a kind of sanctuary in which one settles down and feels at ease.

If you want to succeed, limit yourself.

In most men there exists a poet who died young, whom the man survived.

Since it is necessary to have enemies, let us endeavour to have those who do us honour.

Kingdom laws do not change

Business success contains the seeds of its destruction.

It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends.

I was hungry. I was cold. But I was also free. Free not to get up in the morning, not to go to bed at night, free to get drunk if I liked, to dream... to hope.

Sports provide girls with the opportunity to develop a better relationship with their bodies. They can be aggressive on the court, be strong and still be feminine.

Follow the way of virtue. Follow the way joyfully through this world and on beyond.

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world

I like to read books. I like to listen to music.

When I do something, it is all about self-discovery. I want to learn and discover my own limits.

Ordinary society is like a paperweight on you: it won't allow you to fly.