Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveller, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

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

Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Live your life and forget your age.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.

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

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.