The definition of morality: Morality is the idiosyncrasy of decadents having the hidden desire to revenge themselves upon life - and being successful.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Where you are is merely a point along the path to where you are going.

Marriage was never a destination with me.

Artists are controlled by the life that beats in them, like the ocean beats on the shore.

In youth, what disappointments of our own making: in age, what disappointments from the nature of things.

To refuse has so many more consequences than submitting.

The people on the edge of Hell were most afraid of the devil; for those already in hell the devil was only another and no one in particular.

Lately he'd been seen going out less and less, becoming that strangest of animals in a small town: a loner.

Stand-up was like being on a Barbie townhouse stage.

Ever since I was a child I've felt connected to water: lakes, rivers, streams--I love to jump in and swim around. But it's the ocean where I go for rejuvenation, revelation, and solace.

The last pleasure in life is the sense of discharging our duty.