Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious as the readiness to die, which is man's charter of nobility.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.

Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

Every emotion that we experience on a moment-by-moment basis has origin. The origin is a thought (s).

I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together.

I used to be self conscious about my height, but then I thought, f*** that, I'm Harry Potter.

He who doesn't consider himself is seldom considerate of others.

I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realized that I had dug my own grave.

Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health; everything absolute belongs to pathology.

When the government sees a poor area, its solution is to move the poor out.

God, provide me with enough sustenance that my family is taken care of, that neither I remain hungry, nor does my guest go unfed.

Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.

Either a princess or a pauper can feel generous. Generosity is the quality of the spirit. When you feel generous your life becomes, abundant full of compassion and love.