Oh why was I born for this time? Before one is thirty to know more dead than living people.

Choose the body to live in.

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

A truly moral health care system should start out by covering all of its citizens with basic health care. It would not be seduced by its technology and fancy buildings.

We all get stuck. We all lose ourselves a little bit in a fantasy or in our jobs and forget how we feel about other things. It's really important to check yourself, to spend some time alone.

When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.

It's just like Yeats said. In dreams begin responsibilities. Flip this around and you could say that where there's no power to imagine, no responsibility can arise.

For more than five years I maintained myself thus solely by the labour of my hands, and I found, that by working about six weeks in a year, I could meet all the expenses of living.

Personally, I think life offers us the opportunity to take chances and make changes all the time.

In life, there are those relationships where you really love someone, but they're just not right for you and there's a little bittersweet feel to it.