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

Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.

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

Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.

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

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

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

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

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

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

Im not in this world to live up to your expectations and youre not in this world to live up to mine.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

It would please me best if, at the last, a marble stone shall record that this Queen having lived such and such a time, lived and died a virgin.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

If I get married, I want to be very married.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.