“A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses.”

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple.

You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

A drunken man is happier than a sober one.

Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.

When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.

After all, the wrong road always leads somewhere.

The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning.

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.

Animals are my friends and I don’t eat my friends.

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you’ll find you’ve done it.

The world is filled with love-play, from animal lust to sublime compassion.

I’m a hard guy to live with. I’m like a caged animal. I’m up all night walking around the living room. It’s hard for me to come down from what I do.

Animals don’t hate, and we’re supposed to be better than them.

Just because an animal is large, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t want kindness.

There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

I think what is meant by animal spirits is to be pro-active on all things that you do.

Japan is in the process of regaining this animal spirit.