I believe in fatalism, the positive one.

People would rather live in a community with unreasonable claims, than face loneliness with their truth

A humble heart, a friendly look, a smile on the face is really what you need to break the ice, not a very big axe.

The world is like a brute beast, you teach it how it should behave towards you

Those who complain that fate is against them will have a hard time finding happiness in their lives

Some beliefs are so strongly held that some believers are ready to lose their heads rather than the belief they carry therein

When something looks impossible, don’t give up without testing its impossibility

As you fight any war, sometimes the result may be defeat. Learn to be heroic even in your defeats.

Life has a meaning but do not set out to find out. Just live it out.

This life is not perfect, live it to the full, it's all we have

You will always find all the time you need in the world to do what you love. If you can’t find the time, it’s not important for you

Inebriate of Air — am I —And Debauchee of Dew —Reeling — thro endless summer days —From Inns of Molten Blue —

Only one word describes a woman widowed for the second time on her wedding night – cursed.

The only sane response to change is to find the opportunity in it.

The way you dress is how you greet the sun and other stars.

Anyone can dabble, but once you've made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it's very hard for people to stop you.

Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade.

All my aunts in the Phillipines, they look at me and say 'Darreeeeeen! You so thin! Eat!'

You need to have the humility to accept your limitations as long as they're there, and have the humility to accept their end when that time comes.

To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.

When someone has the wit to coin a useful phrase, it ought to be acclaimed and broadcast or it will perish.