We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

Passion goes, Boredom remains.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and riot.

You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator