Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.

History is the devil's scripture.

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

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.

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

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

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

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

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.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

We fear our highest possibility (as well as our lowest one). We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments.

Sometimes - history needs a push.

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