There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.

Life has got to be lived-that's all that there is to it.

Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose

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

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

Anything I've done up till 27 May 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.

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

A life not lived for others is not a life.

To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.