“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.”
“The sea is the same as it has been since before men ever went on it in boats”
“I am nothing. I will never be anything. I cannot wish to be anything. Aside from that, I h...”
“Time! The present! In these, I am almost inclined to believe. I am a skeptical mystic.”
“The best way out is always through.”
“The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.”
“If you see me in a fight with a bear, pray for the bear”
“Wars are not won by fighting battles; wars are won by choosing battles”
“Not all those who wander are lost”
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people”
“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”
“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking”
“Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.”
“Begin to be now what you will be hereafter”