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

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

The image is one thing and the human being is another...It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

All sport ... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Life must be lived as play.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.