“What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.”

The best prophet of the future is the past.

I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

I learned to love despair.

I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.

Let joy be unconfined.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.

I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.

They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.

Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner.

To have joy, one must share it.

I am not now That which I have been.

I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable and summary feeling imaginable.

Service dogs raise their masters’ sense of well-being.

I’m a human being just like you are. And I hurt and love just like everybody else, and people tend to forget that.

Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings.

Other times when I hear the wind blow I feel that just hearing the wind blow makes it worth being born.

I’m not one for being too profound, but I will say this. If you wanna have a good time.

Sometimes as human beings, we’re so contradictory – we may say something or do something and completely contradict ourselves.

By doing this I sense instantly when something isn’t right. Watching something does not mean fixing your gaze on it, but being aware of it in a natural way.

Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people.