It is work which gives flavor to life.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.

Some positive thinkers get consistent powerful results almost deserving of a scientific formula

I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.

Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match.

All fundamental political problems are problems of relationships; therefore, all fundamental solutions have to involve fundamental changes in relationships.

There was always something. It's like with this one, there's always something that's mad that I look back on it and go, that's pretty amazing to say that I've done that or been there.

I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.

Unknown objects are operating under intelligent control... It is imperative that we learn where UFOs come from and what their purpose is.

"You're next, after the feather dancers." And you had to get their attention, because otherwise people would go, "Oh, a poet." You really have to learn.