“The contemporary world has turned its back on the attempt and even on the desire to live reasonably.”

“Men become superstitious, not because they have too much imagination, but because they are not aware that they have any.”

“Scepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.”

“I like to walk about amidst the beautiful things that adorn the world.”

“It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.”

“Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.”

“When people ask me why I still have hope and energy after all these years, I always say: Because I travel.” 

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms timidly, and struggles to the light amid the thorns

“You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.” 

“Laughter is an orgasm of the mind.” 

“Altogether, if I had to pick one place to hang out anywhere, from New York to Cape Town and Australia to Hong Kong, a bookstore would be it.” 

“When your neighbour's house is on fire, you should help with a bucket of water.”

“When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.”

“Comforts that were rare among our forefathers are now multiplied in factories and handed out wholesale; and indeed, nobody nowadays, so long as he is content to go without air, space, quiet, decency and good manners, need be without anything whatever that he wants; or at least a reasonably cheap imitation of it.” 

“The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.”

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good, and no one's gonna stop me now.

It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good, and no one's gonna stop me now.

The bigger the better; in everything.

“Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.”

When I get real excited, my muscles go into spasm, so they just shake.

“Laughing at somebody is just another way of dismissing them, but laughing with somebody is a bridge to understanding.” 

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

 Opportunities never come a second time, nor do they wait for our leisure