Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If we're peaceful, life will be peaceful. And so our goal in any situation becomes inner peace.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.

Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

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

You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Life must be lived as play.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.