If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Let the guarantee of free speech be in every man's determination to use it, and we shall have no need of paper declarations.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Life must be lived as play.

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.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.

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

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

I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.

As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

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.

love the life you live.live the life you love.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.

There is one common struggle against those who have appropriated the earth, the money, and the machines.

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.