The past is the best prophet of the future.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

Im not in this world to live up to your expectations and youre not in this world to live up to mine.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.

You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

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

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.

Certain signs precede certain events.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

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.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

The way to know life is to love many things.

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

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.