Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!

Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.

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

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

Where there is love there is life.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

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

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

The future is the shape of things to come.

When all life is seen as divine, everyone grows wings.

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.