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

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

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

Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.

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

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

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

When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.

Any place I hang my head is home.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

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