And my heart springs up anew, Bright and confident and true, And the old love comes to meet me, in the dawning and the dew.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today.

Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.

It was a time after 'Lady Sings the Blues' and 'Mahogany' and all those romantic movies: I became this romantic figure on the street in a very special way.

I'm ugly, I'm overweight, but I'm happy

Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.

Years ago, after I'd answered several questions from a group of teens, one of them asked how I could stay optimistic and keep on going. I answered that instead of getting sad, I get mad.

You don't touch the purse. The purse is sacrosanct.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Magic happens on the threshold of the forbidden.

Examine from time to time what are the dominant passions of your soul, and having ascertained this, mold your life, so that in thought, word, and deed you may as far as possible counteract them.

The mind is vast in its combinations of time, space and form. It contains every vibration from subtle to gross.

If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.