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.

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If we're peaceful, life will be peaceful. And so our goal in any situation becomes inner peace.

A life not lived for others is not a life.

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

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.

What goes up must come down.

The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

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

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

During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.