You'll always have to deal with bastards, being lied to, deceived, slandered and ridiculed, but that's to be expected and you must thank heaven when you meet the exception.

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Do what you are passionate about. Do it for yourself, nobody else.

I have no ambition to change my nature, I merely intend to conquer my dislikes.

I love the start of autumn when the trees in my garden change the colour of their leaves in one last dazzling display.

The kids really enjoy what they do. I check with them constantly to make sure that they're really happy to be there.

Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views.

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

Ignorance and credulous hope make the market for most proprietary remedies.

My grandsons really love my apple cake, which is from my grandmother's recipe.

In any case it is not normal to put into the satisfaction of mere curiosity the amount of time and effort that scientists put into their work.