Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

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

If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.

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

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

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

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included

The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveller, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.