One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

The way to know life is to love many things.

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

Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.

I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

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

I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.