I will be what I want. But I will have to want what I'll be. Success is in having success, not conditions for success.

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

It's been a long time since I've been me.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

I wouldn't say you have an online life and a real life. I think technology is just mapping and organizing what already exists.

I always wanted to be an independent maverick, writing plays and putting them on myself.

Character is like my fingerprint; it identifies me from everyone else in the world. It says who I am and where I am headed.

I don't intend to stop making music.

Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.

Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.

Unless we do more than simply learn the trade of our time, we are but apprentices, and not yet masters of the art of life.

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

A good litmus test is that you should be comfortable with your significant other being present when you hang out with your friend.

The kingdom of God is peace in the Holy Spirit; He will reign in you if your heart is at peace. So, be at peace, Mademoiselle, and you will honor in a sovereign way the God of peace and love.