“We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.”

“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.”

“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.”

“It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'try to be a little kinder.'”

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”

“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?”

“They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.”

“The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.”

“You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.”