When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.

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

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.

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 as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

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

We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often 'Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.'

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.

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.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

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

I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.

History is the devil's scripture.