"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies."

"I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal."

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."

"While money can't buy happiness, it can certainly let you choose your own form of misery."

"The problem with doing nothing is you never know when you're done."

"Everyone may not be good, but there is some good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future."

"Be yourself. Everybody else is taken."

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

"To live is that rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

"Give a man a mask and he will tell you the truth."

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times."

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the others."

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.”

“I am an old man and have known many troubles, some of which actually happened.”

The World

The world is increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn't very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would we need more? How do you sell an anti-ageing moisturiser? You make someone worry about ageing. How do you get people to vote for a political party? You make them worry about immigration. How do you get them to buy insurance? By making them worry about everything. How do you get them to have plastic surgery? By highlighting their physical flaws. How do you get them to watch a TV show? By making them worry about missing out. How do you get them to buy a new smartphone? By making them feel like they are being left behind.

To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with your own non-upgraded existence. To be comfortable with our messy, human selves, would not be good for business.

Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It's your masterpiece after all.

Do what is right, not what is easy.

My brain has no heart. My heart has no brain. That's why when I speak my mind I seem heartless, and when I do what's in my heart I seem mindless.

Die with memories, not dreams.

Stay away from negative people, they have a problem for every solution.