Don’t aim at success—the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.

An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.

I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.

A man's concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.

For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.

A man who could not see the end of his"provisional existence" was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

Fear makes come true that which one is afraid of.

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

Man's search for meaning is the primary motivation in his life and not a "secondary rationalization" of instinctual drives.

I think it was Lessing who once said, 'There are things which must cause you to lose your reason or you have none to lose'. An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behaviour".

Do you know the primary difference between men and gods? ... Gods don’t think they can become men

I start every day making sure I'm where I need to be and thinking like I need to think.

I don't believe in the concept of a soul mate. Because we are all unique, but we're also simply too similar.

Alas! innocence is but a poor substitute for experience.

We have nutritionists to advise us on what to eat, in terms of our protein and carbohydrate intake. It's really important that you get a good balance.

The beating of drums, which delights young writers who serve a party, sounds to him who does not belong to the party line like a rattling of chains, and excites sympathy rather than admiration.

As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game.

Children's games are hardly games. Children are never more serious than when they play.

The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.