Greta Garbo

"To be happy, one must first be at peace with themselves."

"I believe that every person has the power to change their life."

"The greatest gift is the gift of your presence."

"I have found that the most profound truths are often the simplest."

"Life is a series of choices; choose wisely."

"Beauty is the reflection of a soul at peace."

"I believe that love is the answer to every question."

"I have always been more interested in the future than in preserving the past."

"The two things that matter in this world are food and women. I have plenty of the first, so now I'll concentrate on the second."

"Talking is like playing on the harp; there is as much in laying your hands on the strings to stop the vibrations as in setting them going."

"I am not a woman, I am a phenomenon."

"People always want to know everything about you, as if your life is an open book that they have a right to read."

"I have had lovers and I've had enemies. Sometimes they were the same person."

"To most people nothing is more troublesome than the effort of thinking."

"The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us."

"I wanted to be alone. I've always wanted to be alone."

"Life is a dark corridor interrupted by flashes of light we call memories."

"Nothing is real except what exists in the imagination."

"You must never show fear to those around you. They feed on it like vultures."

"I am grateful for what I have and for what I do not have."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"I prefer to make my own mistakes rather than follow in the footsteps of others."

"Art should surprise, delight, and provoke thought. Anything less is decoration."

"Sleep is the best meditation, but most people have forgotten how to do it properly."

"I have lived my life on my own terms, and I would not change a thing."

"Time does not move forward; we do. Time is an illusion created by our mortality."

"The mirror tells me what society thinks of me. That is why I avoid mirrors."

"I find people generally kind, but their kindness is always conditional."

"Memory is the cruelest of all human faculties. It keeps alive what should be forgotten."

"I prefer a beautiful lie to an ugly truth, but only once in a while."