An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely.

I don't regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that that smile dimmed by tears

I've noticed that loneliness gets stronger when we try to face it down, but gets weaker when we simply ignore it.

you would have to give up all else, I alone would expect you to be your sole and exclusive standard

Believing absolutely everything that appears in print.

Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because don't know what to do with it.

He who does not take insults seriously, is on the path to wisdom.