The hatred of luxury is not an intelligent hatred. It implies a hatred of arts.

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.

The future though imminent is obscure.

Sorrow is not itself evidence of maladjustment but of the adjustment process itself.

I swear to you, by my own stunning good looks and towering ego, that I am not lying to you.

It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.

I tend to come up with people more than situations - most of my books start with a character.

Do not admire the warriors; do not admire the fighters; condemn the fist! Get rid of this low culture of wildness! Admire the nonviolent; applaud the peaceful; despise the brute force!

When things hurt us, we're merely on our way to another spiritual environment.

I'd rather be broken than wasted.

Remember that you are a magnet! Appreciation attracts appreciation!

If global warming is because of weather changes - which a lot of people believe - there's not much we can do to change the weather pattern.