Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple: love, sex, and food!

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.