Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.

In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy.

In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.

The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love.

The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting.

Romance fails us and so do friendships, but the relationship of parent and child, less noisy than all the others, remains indelible and indestructible, the strongest relationship on earth

Work and love; these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.

Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men

To express unafraid and unashamed what one really thinks and feels is one of the great consolations of life.

Nothing said to us, nothing we can learn from others, reaches us so deep as that which we find in ourselves.

Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.

The possibility of the dream gives strength.

To serve thy generation this thy fate: "Written in water " swiftly fades thy name But he who loves his kind does first or late A work too great for fame.

Heredity is an omnibus in which all our ancestors ride and every now and then one of them puts his head out and embarrasses us.

You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.

PICKANINNY, n. The young of the "Procyanthropos", or "Americanus dominans". It is small, black and charged with political fatalities.

Idleness is the enemy of the soul.

I've been singing ever since I was little, but I didn't start taking it seriously until I was about 15 or 16.

People call me fat, but I don't care. I don't want to starve myself cause I am beautiful the way I am.

Consider Brazilian cosmetics brand Natura, which deploys a direct-sales force of more than 718,000. By knocking on doors, it has established a vibrant network of brand supporters.

I paint very directly. I go from top to bottom. When I get to the floor, the painting is finished.