Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.

Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.

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

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

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.

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

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

If I get married, I want to be very married.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.