This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

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.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

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

Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!

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

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.

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