...he who always hopes for the best becomes old, deceived by life, and he who is always prepared for the worst becomes old prematurely; but he who has faith, retains eternal youth.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

Love those you hate you.

Love and compassion are the mother and father of a smile. We need to create more smiles in our world today. Smiles, after all, pave the way to a happy world.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be

It's all a game. And if you don't want to play, maybe you shouldn't come to Hollywood.

It's hard to be taken seriously if you're a young, female artist making pop music; you never know how people are going to react.

Oh, how daily life is. (Ah, que la vie est quotidienne.)

Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.

I've learned ruthless concentration. I can write under any circumstances...street noises, loud talk, music, you name it.

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery

you're never more alive than when you're almost dead.