Isabel Allende

"Money is a tool, not a master."

"Health is the greatest wealth."

"Adventure awaits those brave enough to seek it."

"Imagination creates reality."

"Technology should serve humanity."

"History teaches valuable lessons."

"Philosophy questions everything."

"Literature reflects the human experience."

"Politics shapes our future."

"War causes immeasurable suffering."

"Motivation comes from within."

"Inspiration strikes when we are open to it."

"Relationships are the fabric of society."

"Solitude allows for reflection."

"We are made of all those who have built and broken us."

"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."

"Money is like manure. If you spread it around, it does a lot of good, but if you pile it up in one place, it stinks."

"You can live a whole lifetime in your mind without ever venturing outside."

"The struggle of life is one of our greatest blessings; it makes us tougher, stronger, wiser."

"I have a problem with Catholic dogma, not with faith itself."

"People are not numbers, they are stories."

"The fact that I survived my own madness is my greatest accomplishment."

"I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life."

"Forget ideology. The most important thing is that women have the courage to speak their truth."

"By the time we are women, fear is as familiar to us as our own skin."

"I can see the whole trajectory of my life happening, and I'm at peace with it."

"Magical realism is the most honest way of telling the truth."

"Love is so short, forgetting is so long."

"Silence may be golden, but it can also be deafening."

"I write what I know about women because I am a woman."