No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

To love beauty is to see light.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back.

Great results, can be achieved with small forces.

A Man can Live two Weeks without Food, go two days without Water, and two minutes without Air, and apparently, an entire lifetime without a BRAIN.

Often my very first flash of colour recognition, before it has been processed by the rest of the information in my brain, is the right one.

The Canadians have really stepped it up these Olympics. It looks very promising for Vancouver.

If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective.

At least half of my life's many mistakes can be safely put down to impetuosity: the other half derive from inertia.

When I'm tired, I rest. I say, 'I can't be a superwoman today.'

A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form.

In London it's easy not to be the focus of attention, especially when Sting lives in the house just behind you.