Never laugh at the fate of others, you are the next

A humble heart, a friendly look, a smile on the face is really what you need to break the ice, not a very big axe.

The world is like a brute beast, you teach it how it should behave towards you

Those who complain that fate is against them will have a hard time finding happiness in their lives

Some beliefs are so strongly held that some believers are ready to lose their heads rather than the belief they carry therein

When something looks impossible, don’t give up without testing its impossibility

As you fight any war, sometimes the result may be defeat. Learn to be heroic even in your defeats.

You will always find all the time you need in the world to do what you love. If you can’t find the time, it’s not important for you

An evil woman sends her husband away and wails her evil fate

By your behavior you send signals on how people should treat you

Keep calm and live

Whatever your dreams may be, never dismiss them as impossible. Always hope. Always try. You just never know when things will happen.

Whatever you do has to be commercial and it can't be too distracting - it has to be background music, basically.

Why wait for the loss of hearing to appreciate sound? Turn off the white noise of your thoughts and start to listen.

A lot of people can't stand touring but to me it's like breathing. I do it because I'm driven to do it.

If Henry Miller often sounded like a village idiot, it is because, like Whitman, he was the rest of the village as well.

If you don't vote, you're going to get a spanking.

I don't find the idea of sewing degrading. A thing is degrading when you are forced to do it, through economic reasons or through slavery or some other form of compulsion.

In Paris, everybody is in black! But you know, in Ukraine everyone wears bright colours.

It requires but a few threads of hope, for the heart that is skilled in the secret, to weave a web of happiness.

If I sleep in and don't run, I'll feel a little bit off because I didn't do what I was supposed to do. But I'm not going to beat myself up because of it. I'll just get right back on track.