“Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.”

There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.

People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.

Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.

An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.

Man is what he believes.

If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.

A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.

In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.

The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.

All saints have past and all sinners have a future.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.

There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.

You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.

My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.

In a perfect world, you could fuck people without giving them a piece of your heart. And every glittering kiss and every touch of flesh is another shard of heart you’ll never see again.

Isn’t it such a tragic thing, when you can see it so clearly but the other person doesn’t?

One must care about a world one will not see.

Fly through the universe soar wild and free, see where life takes you with authenticity as your decree.

The sky had never seemed so sky; the world had never seemed so world.

We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?

The view looks so much better when you see the beauty inside of yourself.

Be the girl you see yourself as in your dreams. Now show up as she watches all the life she brings.