A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
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
Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.
Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
Sometimes - history needs a push.
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
I can't help thinking that there are only one or two ways of being brought into this world, but there are so many fucked-up ways of leaving it.
Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.
One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.
Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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.
Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.
The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.
The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.
I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.