Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.

Anything I've done up till 27 May 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

A life not lived for others is not a life.

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

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

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.

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

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.