I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy

True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life

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

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

Live your life and forget your age.

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Any place I hang my head is home.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

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

Where there is love there is life.

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