Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

Let the guarantee of free speech be in every man's determination to use it, and we shall have no need of paper declarations.

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

Life should be great rather than long.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

Live simply so others may simply live.

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.