The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

The past is the best prophet of the future.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

It would please me best if, at the last, a marble stone shall record that this Queen having lived such and such a time, lived and died a virgin.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

If I get married, I want to be very married.