An hour or so later he received a note from Odette. Swann had left his cigarette case at her house. "If only," she wrote, "you had also forgotten your heart! I should never have let you have it back.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.

My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.

When you work to please others you can't succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone's interest.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.

One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.

If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.

Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.

Be consistent in your dedication to showing your gratitude to others. Gratitude is a fuel, a medicine, and spiritual and emotional nourishment.

The stars up close to the moon were pale they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon

In life, you have two choices: Do you control your life… or not? Are you the driver or the passenger? Do you make stuff happen, or let stuff to happen?

The truth will finally come out and the truth is: If LSD is used in the right way, it is a very important and very useful agent.

Champions take responsibility.

A person is great, not by the ferocity of his hatred of evil, but by the intensity of his love for God.

I find it very offensive when the government tells me what I can and cannot watch. Censor yourself.

The more we give importance to skill development, the more competent will be our youth.

My views about hell are very traditional.

The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for