Sophia Loren Quotes

Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit. Someone said to me not too long ago, "Until you're twenty, you have the face you are born with, and after that you have the face you deserve", and I really loved that - the idea that you wear who you are on your face.

The child inside of you knows how to take things as they come, how to deal most effectively and happily with everything and everyone it encounters on this planet. If you can recapture that childlike essence of your being, you can stay 'forever young at heart.'

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age.

Beauty at any age really does come from within.

He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age

Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face.

I never think of my age, never. I could be 20 or 100. I never think about it, I'm just me.

I think life is all about having a balance, and trying to find equilibrium and not getting things one way or the other.

I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.

My smile is my favorite part of my body. I think a smile can make your whole body.

Thinking a smile all the time will keep your face youthful.

I think meditation helps greatly with creativity. If it's a pure expression of yourself no matter what it is or what medium, it's going to shine. It's going to resonate.

Equilibrium is the profoundest tendency of all human activity.

Youthfulness is not determined by age. It is determined by one's life force. One who possesses hope is forever young. One who continually advances is forever beautiful.

I think the most important beauty lesson I've learned from my mom is to be happy in what you do.

The smile on your face is sometimes out of place, don't mind no frowns, cheer down.

You can't be beautiful and hate because hate is a corroding disease and affects the way you look. ... You can't hide it - ever. It shows in your eyes. It warps your expression. It affects your character, your personality.

Your light is seen, your heart is known, your soul is cherished by more people than you might imagine. If you knew how many others have been touched in wonderful ways by you, you would be astonished. If you knew how many people feel so much for you, you would be shocked. You are far more wonderful than you think you are. Rest with that. Rest easy with that. Breathe again. You are doing fine. More than fine. Better than fine. You’re doin’ great. So relax. And love yourself today.

I listen to music a lot, if I need to get into a particular space. I do stretching and breathing, and take time to mostly be quiet and find the stillness. I think that's important.

I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy

At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.

I don't think there's ever a time where I step back and say I wish I was something different. I'm doing what I love to do.

Meditation is a great way to stay centered and I think inversions are great for aging. Specifically, I think the Kundalini yoga is really a life changer.

Meditation is just a courage to be silent and alone. Slowly slowly, you start feeling a new quality to yourself, a new aliveness, a new beauty, a new intelligence—which is not borrowed from anybody, which is growing within you. It has roots in your existence.