We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.
But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well!
I would always rather be happy than dignified.
Look twice before you leap.
I have little left in myself -- I must have you. The world may laugh -- may call me absurd, selfish -- but it does not signify. My very soul demands you: it will be satisfied, or it will take deadly vengeance on its frame.
Rapidly, merrily, Life's sunny hours flit by, Gratefully, cheerily Enjoy them as they fly!
Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.
I really want people to understand that nobody is perfect and that things happen in life beyond our control.
I would explain to my children very simply that the defense of liberty is a cause that exacts a very high price in the history of humankind.
Happiness is the offspring of concentrated action. Excellence is achieved through the progressive realization of incremental goals along the path of your life's mission.
When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it.