Common sense is not so common.

You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.

Be that self which one truly is.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and thats to get rid of all my other desires.

Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.

Your personal nature seeks its paradise.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.