“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in the world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

“Some people are old when they’re 18 and some people are young when they’re 90. You can’t define people by whatever society determines as their age. Time is a concept that human beings created.”

“Never allow your short term temperament to affect your long term decisions.”

“While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die – whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness.”

“Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.”