In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.

Happiness and unhappiness are in the heart and spirit of each one of us: If you feel unhappy, then place yourself above that and act so that your happiness does not get to be dependent on anything.

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed.

One does not always do the best there is. One does the best one can.

it is better to inspire a reform than to enforce it.

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

A kind word sends vibes of love, if we are perceptive, if we know how love permeates and proliferates with this little gesture of giving.

In a state of pseudo-death you restore your substance.

Nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it.

I go to London, my favourite city in the world, and I feel at home.

I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.

We've all got troubles. We all make mistakes. But let's not take a little river turn it into lake.

I have spoken to Einstein and he admitted to me that his theory was in fact no different from the one of Parmenides.

I just live my life and try to be present. When I'm present in the moment and something comes, I can capture it, because it doesn't come from me, it's out there.

Wouldn't it be amazing if we spent as much energy investing in experiences as we do investing in things?

The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.