Life is not a journey to the grave with intentions of arriving safely in a pretty well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming ... Wow! What a ride!
Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.
Hell, I am young. I am free. My teeth are clean. The sun shines. To hell with everything else.
Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.