I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

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

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

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

No one has ever become poor by giving.

What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

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

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

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

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Any place I hang my head is home.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

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

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.