Only he who accepts clashes and conflicts in life, loves life.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!

If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.

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

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

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

In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

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

If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.