The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.
The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.
What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire.
The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.
There is an applause superior to that of the multitudes: one's own.
Humor is also a way of saying something serious.
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in life.
I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy.