We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

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

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion

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

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

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

For life in general, there is but one decree: youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret.

The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveller, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.

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

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

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

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

It takes a long time to grow young.

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

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

Live your life and forget your age.