A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.

Live each day as if your life had just begun.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

[O]ur applications are quicker about our sufferings, than our sins(77)[.]

His face looked almost as gray as his suit, and the pouches beneath his eyes looked like little bags for holding all the sadness that his head couldn't hold.

Smile even when you're going through some hard times.

It was quite apparent that he'd been bestowed all the charms of any handsomely clad rake. A demeanor to match, Ruby thought.

God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city.

When you send out real love, real love will return to you.

I don't know if I'm always going to be acting. Maybe when I grow up, I will be a scriptwriter. I already have a few scripts in my head.

I couldn't bear to have people mispronounce my name. But the person I was was this person who was called Chloe.

Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.