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.

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

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

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.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

Only he who accepts clashes and conflicts in life, loves life.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Life is the dancer and you are the dance.

Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain 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.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.