The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

We fear our highest possibility (as well as our lowest one). We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

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

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!

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

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

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

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.