"I feel lucky to love what I do. It doesn't feel like working. I do all the projects I do because I like doing them, whether it's a book or a photo shoot. For me, my work and my life are the same."

“If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.”

Source : Paramahansa Yogananda (1990). “The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda”, Crystal Clarity Pubs

“Chanel freed women, and I empowered them.”

Source : "Jalil Lespert Uncovers An Icon" by Colleen Kelsey, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 23, 2014.

“Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that the people who really enjoy chess are the dubs and the duffers, experts who have resigned their ambitions, those who play only for pastime, and, of course, the great fraternity of the kibbitzers.”

“Nothing else is all right.” His whisper tickles my cheek. “But we are.”

“Heaven can wait, but I cannot. I cannot take for granted that time is on my side.”

“The only good reason to embrace a philosophical position is that you are convinced it is true or at least makes sense of the world better than the alternatives.”

“We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe.”

Source : "Illusionist plans 44 days in suspension" by Matt Wells, www.theguardian.com. August 19, 2003.

“The corruption of the best is the worst.”

Source : Agnes Maude Royden (1924). “Sex and Common-sense”, p.5, Reprofis LLC