That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, you're doing something.
May you live every day of your life.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.
There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.
When you set sail for Ithaca, wish for the road to be long, full of adventures, full of knowledge.
Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.
Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
There are moments when one has to choose between living one’s own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands.
Be not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
You only get one life. It’s actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.