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.
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
Let the guarantee of free speech be in every man's determination to use it, and we shall have no need of paper declarations.
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
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.
Life must be lived as play.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.
Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.
The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.
Each person must live their life as a model for others.
Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.
Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.
The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.
By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
We fear our highest possibility (as well as our lowest one). We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments.
To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.
