Anyone who does not feel sufficiently strong in memory should not meddle with lying.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

[Our] struggle for liberation has significance only if it takes place within a feminist movement that has as its fundamental goal the liberation of all people.

Lucidity was a slippery thing and her hands were wet.

So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success, and my desire is to widen my field even if I risk failure.

You don't measure your maturity by comparing yourself with others. You judge maturity by comparing yourself to Jesus.

Here's my philosophy in life: If there's a fire, you put it out. If there's a flood, you fill sandbags and you build a dike. You roll up your sleeves and you get to work.

There is nothing more attractive than a man who is not a New Man.

Angel exists; and I believe in angels but I'm not an angel; no one can be an angel; just we can be straight.

I am grateful for being alive today. It is my joy and pleasure to live another wonderful day.

I don't believe in superstitions. I just do certain things because I'm scared in case something will happen if I don't do them

Like pleasure, beauty should be savored and enjoyed