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

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

Life must be lived as play.

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

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

History is the devil's scripture.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.

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.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.