There aren't any old times. When times are gone they're not old, they're dead! There aren't any times but new times!

An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.

Gossip is never fatal until it is denied.

Whatever does not pretend at all has style enough.

Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

The only good in pretending is the fun we get out of fooling ourselves that we fool somebody.

Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously and do not take what happens either to yourself or your work seriously.

Destiny has a constant passion for the incongruous.

The only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires.

The understanding smile of an old wife to her husband is one of the loveliest things in the world.

It is love in old age, no longer blind, that is true love. For the love's highest intensity doesn't necessarily mean it's highest quality.

Being the best is rarely within our reach. Doing our best is always within our reach.

There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top.

I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away.

You don't grow old. You get old by not growing.

American labor rights activist, on activities of the National Farm Workers Association Human law may know no distinction among men in respect of rights, but human practice may.

I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education.

The only thing I try to watch carefully is that I never lose the love for the instrument. That's also why I decided against a professional piano career when I was younger.

True repentance has a double aspect. It looks upon things past with a weeping eye, and upon the future with a watchful eye.

Love is something eternal.

Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.