The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to love it more and more.

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.

Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

My existence is just an unfamiliar name and nothing else.

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another

So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality.

I am not a liberal, not a conservative, not a believer in gradual progress, not a monk. I should like to be a free artist and nothing more.

I was doing a lot of yoga and learning to meditate, and I found that extremely helpful, and still do and hopefully always will.

I'm really not a bad person, by the way.

Moderation resembles temperance. We are not so unwilling to eat more, as afraid of doing ourselves harm by it.

Why do you insist on talking about what does not exist?

You can't debate satire. Either you get it or you don't.

I'm really afraid of getting hit by cars, like terrified of it. I'm terrified of crossing streets. I'm also very accident-prone...I think people aim for me.