Everything starts with a story.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.

If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.

I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Life is but a mask worn on the face of death. And is death, then, but another mask? 'How many can say,' asks the Aztec poet, 'that there is, or is not, a truth beyond?'

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.

It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.

How unladylike of you to mention such a thing.

There are no 'ifs' in combat. When you win, you win, When you lose, you lose.

Animal crackers, and cocoa to drink That is the finest of suppers, I think When I'm grown up and can have what I please, I think I shall always insist upon these.

Training is principally an act of faith.

A number of people walk up to me and say, "You're much taller than I thought."

It was a lot to get used to, especially in warm-ups with the wind all over the place. As the meet went on it steadied out, so I was able to get some good looks to go back and train from.

A fool tries to look different: a clever man looks the same and is different.

If I can find the time to do it, I'll probably become a yoga teacher.

Is there any point in public debate in a society where hardly anyone has been taught how to think, while millions have been taught what to think?

I read little, I just glance through one newspaper. Just 15 minutes.