History will only change when we are able to use the energy of love, just as we use the energy of the wind, the seas, the atom.

Before I die, I want to fight for life.

If a man we don't know phones us up one day and talks a little, makes no suggestions, says nothing special, but nevertheless pays us the kind of attention we rarely receive, we're quite capable of going to bed with him that night, feeling relatively in love. That's what we women are like, and there's nothing wrong with that - it's the nature of the female to open herself to love easily.

Just as your hand has the power to hide the sun, mediocrity has the power to hide your inner light. Do not blame others for your own incompetence.

I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.

In order to dominate the soul you must also learn to dominate the body. And in order to dominate the body you cannot fear pain.

Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each person's life its true meaning.