When you look back... on your love affairs... what you really find out is that the only person you really go to bed with is yourself.

Prayer is speaking to God. Meditation is listening to God. Trust tranquility.

What we live with is ourselves. And when you have your own identity you are much easier to live with.

You can't take a crash course in serenity.

When times are bad, people like to lose themselves in the sheer glamour of another period: beautiful wardrobes, magnificent meals served in elegant settings.

It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office.

Being a dancer meant you nearly always thought about food.