For our self respect depends upon our ability to make requital, for good or for evil.

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.

Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them

Work from your own side of literature/ & room fetish, not "publishing's" -

Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.

I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue

The girls everyone considers the "prettiest" are not always the most interesting or ambitious people.

Enlightenment means choosing to dwell in a state of presence rather than in time. It means saying yes to what is.

Every philosophy is the philosophy of some stage of life.

Depraved conscience turns out to be as different from genuine ignorance as it is from honest recognition.

I classify myself as a student and a teacher. This year, I'm back into the student. I try to stay balanced. I learn so much every time I walk about my door.

The Cuban people have an amazingly strong and unbroken spirit.