I read to be taken out of myself, to become ecstatic.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

Curiosity is more important than knowledge.

Let the beauty radiate from inside your heart to the outside world.

Twenty years old and this man stood ready to take on the world, all for the sake of our unborn baby.

Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro.

Love can move the Sun and the stars.

Genius is a strong aphrodisiac.

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.

When my parents got divorced, there was a custody fight over me. ... and no one showed up.

Beauty products always cheer me up and give me hope. If it makes you feel pretty, why not?

I want more than what I want. (Vina Apsara)