It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

History is the devil's scripture.

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.