There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.

Among the many answers I have found, I believe love is the most beautiful and simple art that reflects the beauty of life.

All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.

Spring is a time to make up a big bouquet of flowers for someone you love, or are trying to love, or are in love with.

A reproach can only hurt if it hits the mark. Whoever knows that he does not deserve a reproach can treat it with contempt.

The mistake is to imagine that perfection is possible when the very idea is unthinkable.

When I grew up in France, I was a normal size. And then I came to the United States and I gained 20 pounds.

Originality is always a strange thing. There's nothing original anymore. It's all something based on something in some way - even if it's not intentional. So that idea has been done.

I don't know what I believe. I think there's a belief system, I'm just not sure what it is.

I guess I do feel the need to repent. I do feel like I owe the world a great album. I don't know why I feel that way. I just do.