Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.

The pleasure of the moment begins to wither almost as soon as it blossoms; our pleasures are soon swallowed up in time's relentless torrent.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

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

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

Every person who ever thought he had a right to assert, and went boldly and asserted it, himself, or jointly with others that shared his convictions, was a direct actionist.

I am not young enough to know everything.

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.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.

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.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

Life is a journey, not a destination.