I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.

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

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

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

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

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

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

Where there is love there is life.

Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.

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

To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player...The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

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

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

The way to know life is to love many things.