"Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none."

"You cannot fix a broken heart by pretending it's not broken."

"I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing."

"A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking (meant) for others!"

"When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life."

"He is free knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide."

"Life is meant to be enjoyed, not endured."

"Truth has not special time of its own. Its hour is now -- always and indeed then most truly when it seems unsuitable to actual circumstances."

"Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience."

"Women should be obscene and not heard."

"Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts."

"Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be."