The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one's responsibilities: That's happiness.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

Never complain. Never explain.

I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

Adversity is a spiritual awaken in every soul.

Always think about the needs of others because being a part of a group isan essential characteristic of human nature.

Our view of history diminishes the reality of the past. We concentrate on the historic event as something that has happened, and in so doing we ignore it as a moment which, at the time, is happening.

don't leave without living

Life is way too short for boring cars.

You gain power by pretending to be weak. By contrast, you make people feel strong. You save people by letting them save you.

I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have to have a filter on what you let in.

I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their hearts.

You can't find peace by hiding from life

Charity should be abolished; and be replaced by justice.