One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

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

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

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're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player...The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.

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