I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred. I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

I ate all of my husbands. First I ate their love, then their will, then their despair, and then I made pies of their bodies - and those bodies were so dear to me!

Music is the soul of language.

Never be afraid to ask. The worst you'll get is 'No', but maybe you'll get a 'Yes'.

A good judge is not one who is impartial, but one who has prejudice for good.

Yet the roses are not less lovely for all that

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.

Maturity is many things. It is the ability to base a judgment on the big picture, the long haul.

I was becoming the cold, emotionally crippled monster I always wanted to be, and I wasn’t so sure I liked it. But it was too late. The metamorphosis was already well under way.

One compliment can keep me going for a whole month.