And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen'

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

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

Live for yourself and you will live in vain;Live for others, and you will live again.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

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

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.