“Fill your life with trustworthy friends, and don't drop them should you fall in love. They can be your guides should you lose track of what is important.”

“There's something I have learned from what I've lived:lf you're to live something, live it to its fullest Your beloved should fall exhausted from your kisses You should fall exhausted from smelling a flowerOne can watch the sky for hours Can for hours watch the sea, a bird, a child To live on earth is to mingle with it Growing roots that cannot be eradicatedWhen you hug a friend you should hug him vigorously You should fight with all your muscles, body, passionAnd once you stretch out on the hot sand You should rest like a grain of sand, a leaf, a stoneOne should listen to all the beautiful music on earth So as to fill all his being with sounds and songs One should dive into life as if Diving from a rock into an emerald seaDistant lands should lure you, people you do not know You should burn with desire to read all the books, to know all the lives You should not exchange for anything the pleasure of drinking a glass of water All the joys should fill you with the yearning to liveAnd you should live grief also, with honor, with all your being For grief also, like joy, matures a person Your blood should mingle with the great circulation of life In your veins must circulate the eternal fresh blood of lifeThere is something I have learned from what I've lived: If you're to live, live big, as if you are mingling with the rivers, the sky, the whole universeFor what we call a life span is a gift to life And life is a gift to mankind”

“When you lose your face..., it is like dropping your necklace down a well. The only way you can get it back is to fall in after it.”

“If you don't fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.”

“When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.”

“Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the center of your life.”