There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life.

What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.

Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.

Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn

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

In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.

Live your life and forget your age.

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

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.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.