A life without music is an error.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.

What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?

Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.

I can't tell you how may beautiful women have broken up with me because they were bored. I can't tell you because it never happened. They all adored me." "It was your humility, wasn't it?

A vacation is like love - anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort, and remembered with nostalgia.

The body apologizes to the soul for its errors, and the soul asks forgiveness for squatting in the body without invitation.

The only one who really knows about the Reichstag is I, because I set it on fire!

Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love.

Communication always makes demands. It always demands that the recipient become somebody, do something, believe something. It always appeals to motivation.

If I am a Pariah, I will be all the more glad, for I am the disciple of a man, who - the Brahmin of Brahmins - wanted to cleanse the house of a Pariah. (here "the man" means Ramakrishna)