Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.
How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?
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
Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.
I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.
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.
I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.
The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.
Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation
To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.