A craving for freedom and independence is generated only in a man still living on hope.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.

Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.

Life is a sum of all your choices". So, what are you doing today?

The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being,Freedom from ambition,Creation

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

Gratitude helps you to grow and expand

Creation is not restricted to the artist but instead is about how we bring ourselves authentically into the world both through our doing and being.

Accursed thirst for gold! what dost thou not compel mortals to do?

Revolting means for good ends make the ends of themselves revolting.

You're born into this life paying for the sins of somebody else's past.

Of all formal things in the world, a clipped hedge is the most formal; and of all the informal things in the world, a forest tree is the most informal.

I'm always listening and watching; my ear is like a boom mike. And judging, frankly. Constantly judging.

War can really cause no economic boom, at least not directly, since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of goods.

Who is more real? Homer or Ulysses? Shakespeare or Hamlet? Burroughs or Tarzan?

There's only one thing on my mind. There's only one goal. One aim. One focus.