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

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life.

Live simply so others may simply live.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.

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

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

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

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

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

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

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