I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.
Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.
Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.
Courage is a kind of salvation.
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
Old age is by nature rather talkative.
The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again
Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.
The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!
He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.
Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.
If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.
Nature is not human-hearted.
The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.
It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
Life should be great rather than long.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.