We go on a journey to be free of all impediments; to leave ourselves behind much more than to get rid of others

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

People talk about egos as if it were objects.

I really just followed my musical instincts every step of my life.

It takes some living to discover that the living itself is one's life, that life is not a goal to attain but a possession to relish.

I think I'd like to be best friends with Björk, because I'd like to pick her brain a lot all the time and just have weird times together.

Habit, laziness, and fear conspire to keep us comfortably within the familiar.

Men regret their life has been ill-spent, but this does not always induce them to make a better use of the time they have yet to live.

A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.

I hit your thigh!” “Oh, please. A man doesn’t need that long to recover from a knee to the thigh.

Satyagraha can rid society of all evils, political, economic and moral.

We don't live. We're miming in the choir.