It is not the length of life, but the depth.

I can't help thinking that there are only one or two ways of being brought into this world, but there are so many fucked-up ways of leaving it.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

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

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

History is the devil's scripture.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

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

Anything I've done up till 27 May 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.

The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.

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

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Live simply so others may simply live.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

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

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

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

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