Don't cry for a man who's left you - the next one may fall for your smile.

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

Sometimes - history needs a push.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

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

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

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.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

I want to feel my life while I'm in it.

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player...The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.

Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.

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

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.