People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

Not everyone is capable of madness; and of those lucky enough to be capable, not many have the courage for it.

A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life.

By attempting the impossible one can attain the highest level of the possible.

I prefer silence. Then you can hear thoughts and see into the past. In silence you can’t hide anything … as you can in words.

I dream, therefore I exist.

There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes.

Some people seem to be born to suffer.

No matter how far we travel, the memories will follow in the baggage car.

Religion must be a punishment, because nobody gets religion who does not have a bad conscience.

Silence hides nothing. Words conceal.

And in such bliss does devastation grow.

The quality of your decisions can only be improved if you improve all these factors.

Prior preparation is Success divided by half. Once you have fully prepared, every hand glove that obstacles wear to pull you away from reaching your destination will become slippery!

Without doing one cannot fail. But one cannot succeed either.

Children are the greatest philosophers : the questions that children ask require the deepest of thoughts and the longest of reflections on life!

You find out who your friends are. Some people didn't have much to do with me when I was down. I've got a long memory.

It can't be bought. It can't be taught. It must be caught.

I don't like overt traditionalism.

The thing one reads and likes, and then forgets, is of no account. The thing that stays, and haunts one, and refuses to be forgotten, that is the sincere thing.

Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation