Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

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

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

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

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.

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

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

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

Life's a journey, not a destination.

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

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

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