Praised be the good willing women who understand and take part in the fun--the body is an exacting beater, and even the heart is made of flesh.

I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.

Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.

The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.

History is the zoology of the human race.

I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.

The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.

Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.

A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you.

The only cure for seasickness is to sit on the shady side of an old church in the country.

It's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art.

As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.

Lack of respect for the worker. This nourishes disconnection, fear, anger, phoniness, and all the bad stuff that impedes excellence.

I know the whole world is watching now. And I wish the world could see what I can see. Sometimes you have to get up really high to understand how small you really are. I'm going home now.

Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings.

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.

Success is the doing, not the getting - in the trying, not the triumph.