There is no desire more natural than the desire of knowledge. (Il n'est desir plus naturel que le desir de connaissance)

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

To be a world changer

Don't let the devil fool you! Unless he's handsome.

It’s hard to be present whenyour attention is sufferinginformation overload.Switch off and just sit still.

I'm not responsible enough to have a dog - or a child.

Everyone in the life before was cranky, I think, because they just wanted to know. --After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned

I was born with the devil in me,' [Holmes] wrote. 'I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing.

Live in each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit.

The people who live on the land - Israelis and Palestinians - have a right to live in security and peace.

Focusing on the Lord and everlasting life can help us not only at Christmas, but through all the challenges of mortality.

That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.