The thought of death deceives us; for it causes us to neglect to live.

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains.

The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Courage is adversity's lamp.

Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.

No code of ethics and no effort are justifiable a priori in the face of the cruel mathematics that command our condition.

Sacred service is sacrifice.

But I am a lover of all kinds of art. And I just can't stick to one thing. I guess I could if I made myself, but I'd always be looking the other way, for other things.

Works of art make rules but rules do not make works of art.

Attachment is the source of all suffering.

He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.

You were firing questions at me today, trying to get inside my head. You asked if I believe in God. I told you of course I do - I've always had a strong sense of self

A gardener's life is full of sweets and sours; He gets the sunshine when he needs the showers.

I've got quite a curvy shape so I try to wear stuff that's tailored.

Ultimately, we are seeking a better understanding of what is means to be human. In this quest, progress is not made by finding the "right" answers, but by asking meaningful questions.