In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you have to keep at it until it becomes rooted so it can take care or itself. There are so many enemies of trees.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn
Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.
Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.
I can't wait to figure out what is wrong with me, so I can say this is the way that I used to be.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.
Live simply so others may simply live.
Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them
It would please me best if, at the last, a marble stone shall record that this Queen having lived such and such a time, lived and died a virgin.
If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
If we are not free, no one will respect us.
