I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Like language, I think any who have not acquired spirituality by a certain age are doomed to be never fluent and you are likely to mimic the one that surrounds you.

Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgements of all kinds remain necessary.

I can't tell whether I am living in a dream or a nightmare.

Before I did 'Rush Hour,' I was a big fan of Jackie Chan movies and I had seen all of them.

Gold hath no lustre of its own. It shines by temperate use alone.

She had never really listened to anyone in her life; which, some said, was why she had survived.

The first boy I fell in love with didn't know I loved him, but he managed to break my heart anyway.

What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!

I love threats. They make great quotes. Is that recorder working, Irene?

There is no such thing as intellectual property.