I can't wait to figure out what is wrong with me, so I can say this is the way that I used to be.

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

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

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

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

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.

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

Life must be lived as play.

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed

We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

Certain signs precede certain events.

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

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

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

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