The body grows by food and work, the mind by use, and the soul through joy and pain.

Love is an orchid which thrives principally on hot air.

Impermanence is the very essence of joy-the drop of bitterness that enables one to perceive the sweet.

each separate flower has a magic all its own.

I've always thought my flowers had souls.

Silence always gives consent.

When we come to the sundown road, we need all the love we have managed to take with us from the summit of the hill.

A letter has distinct advantages. You can say all you want to say before the other person has a chance to put in a word.

Married and unmarried women waste a great deal of time in feeling sorry for each other.

The things that are ours cannot be given away, or taken away, or lost. We break our hearts, all of us, trying to keep things that do not belong to us — and to which we have no right.

Heart-aches are forgotten, tears lose their bitterness, and like a leaf of lavendar in a store of linen, so does Memory make life sweet.

I am the happiest person on this world, who has never seen ups and downs in life. I got whatever I wished for… And I woke up!

I am a great writer.

Travel is a state of mind. It has nothing to do with existence or the exotic. It is almost always an inner experience.

YouTube is akin to having my own network.

I suppose this is the reason why diaries are so rarely kept nowadays- that nothing ever happens to anybody.

As a rule, I do not approve of messing around with coffee. No sugar, no milk, no chocolate, hazelnuts, cinnamon, no nothing.... Just drink it black, the way God does

What will always remain is love, passion and family time.

Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies.

I was in the courtroom prosecuting violent felonies for well over a decade.

You don't achieve success by "taking it easy" or "working on it later." You achieve it thru persistence and hard work.