Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If we're peaceful, life will be peaceful. And so our goal in any situation becomes inner peace.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included

Let silence take you to the core of life.

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

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

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

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

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

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

Life's a journey, not a destination.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.