...he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke-the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. It was love.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly

Don't forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy Skies.

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

The Warrior knows about the "waterfall effect".

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That's all you need.

For this was the round of love: fear which leads on desire, tenderness and fury, and that brutal anguish which triumphantly follows pleasure.

If you have a drop of violence or anger in your mind, it can ignite a candle and be the source of violence, so be kind.

I believe the era of the militant lady is back.

Pure truth like pure gold has been found unfit for circulation because men have discovered that it is far more convenient to adulterate the truth than to refine themselves.

People come with expectations and as a bandleader I constantly try to remind the audience to leave its expectations in the lobby.

Among those who study painting, some strive for an elaborate effect and others prefer the simple. Neither complexity in itself nor simplicity is enough.

The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.

I always have on my mind the thought that next year I must do something greater, something more wonderful.

I fear uniformity. You cannot manufacture great men any more than you can manufacture gold.