Kick-Ass Living Tips from Charles Bukowski

“I wanted the whole world or nothing”.

Never settle for anything less than you deserve or desire. If you accept a situation that doesn't completely fulfill or make you happy, you'll always regret and wish for more.

“I never met another man I'd rather be. And even if that's a delusion, it's a lucky one.”

Love yourself. You are the most important person for you. You are not perfect, of course, but who is? Stop criticizing and beating yourself up for every little thing and put some work in self-improvement.

“What is terrible is not death but the lives people live or don't live up until their death.”

You only have one life, so live it to its fullest – do anything you've ever wanted. If not now, then when?

“You have to die a few times before you can really live.”

You can't really appreciate the happiness in life if you've never been hurt, never felt pain. The bitterness you experience sometimes is just to help and prepare you to really enjoy happiness.

“It's better to do a dull thing with style than a dangerous thing without it”

Always be yourself. Never hesitate to show your true colors, your incredible personality. Never care what others think about you, the right people will stick around and you don't need the wrong ones.

“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside...remembering all the times you've felt that way.”

Life never gives you anything you can't handle – it's just the way it is. Remember all the times when it was so hard that you thought you'll never gonna make it, but you did. You are a lot stronger that you may think. Take a deep breath and face the life.

“I carry death in my left pocket. Sometimes I take it out and talk to it: Hello, baby, how you doing? When you coming for me? I'll be ready”.

“There's nothing to mourn about death any more than there is to mourn about the growing of a flower”.

You can't avoid death, so there is no point in being afraid of it. Take advantage of the time you've been given in life and don't waste it obsessing about death.

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts.”

You'll be surprised what you can achieve if you have full confidence in yourself.

“There are worse things than being alone but it often takes decades to realize this and most often when you do it's too late and there's nothing worse than too late”.

“I wasn't a misanthrope and I wasn't a misogynist but I liked being alone. It felt good to sit alone in a small space and smoke and drink. I had always been good company for myself”.

Never fear loneliness. Learn to enjoy your own company and spend quality time with your own amazing self.

“Sometimes you just have to pee in the sink.”

Life should be fun and that should be a law. Lighten up, stop chasing perfection and enjoy every crazy thing that happens around you.