I never knew of a morning in Africa when I woke that I was not happy.

Hunger is good discipline.

Up the road, in his shack, the old man was sleeping again. He was still sleeping on his face and the boy was sitting by him watching him. The old man was dreaming about the lions.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

Be fully in the moment,open yourself to the powerful energies dancing around you.

Everything is on such a clear financial basis in France. It is the simplest country to live in. No one makes things complicated by becoming your friend for any obscure reason. If you want people to like you you have only to spend a little money. I spent a little money and the waiter liked me. He appreciated my valuable qualities. He would be glad to see me, and would want me at his table. It would be a sincere liking because it would have a sound basis. I was back in France.

All the contact I have had with politics has left me feeling as though I had been drinking out of spitoons.