“Listen to the women when she looks at you, not when she talks to you.”

When you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of life.

A woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and secret, which we can understand only by love, and touch only by virtue.

Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

Darkness is dawn not yet born.

The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe.

Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.

You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.

Rest in reason. Move in Passion.

How often have you sailed in my dreams. And now you come in my awakening, which is my deeper dream.

Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course.

When you love you should not think you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

Just remember somebody is always listening.

When we listen to the Word of God, we obtain the courage and perseverance to offer the best of ourselves to others.

Watch, listen, and learn. You can’t know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.

Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending.

Tape the sound of the moon fading at dawn. Give it to your mother to listen to when she’s in sorrow.

While listening to the voices of the people, I want to push forward with preparations to make the Olympics a success.

Go out in the world and work like money doesn’t matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.

You may talk. And I may listen. And miracles might happen.