To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

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

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen'

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.

It takes a long time to grow young.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Its not the men in your life that matters, its the life in your men.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn

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

Sometimes - history needs a push.

Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.