Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.
I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.
How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?
For life in general, there is but one decree: youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret.
If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.
Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
Im not in this world to live up to your expectations and youre not in this world to live up to mine.
During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams
Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.
We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.
History is the devil's scripture.
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.
Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.
If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.
Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If we're peaceful, life will be peaceful. And so our goal in any situation becomes inner peace.
Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.
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.
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.
