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 have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Life is the dancer and you are the dance.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.

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

Life must be lived as play.

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

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

The natural world is the greatest source of excitement. The greatest source of visual beauty. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

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.

Live simply so others may simply live.

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?