A problem is often half-solved when it is clearly stated.

Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion.

There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.

Act as if it were impossible to fail.

By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.

The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.

Act boldly and unforeseen forces will come to your aid.

If you can discover what you like, if you can discover what you truly believe about most of the major matters of life, you will be able to write a story which is honest and original and unique.

Hitch your unconscious mind to your writing arm.

Writing calls on unused muscles and involves solitude and immobility.

Most writers flourish greatly on a simple, healthy routine with occasional time off for gaiety.

Clinging to one’s outward appearance interferes with living.

If you cannot do great things in life, make sure you do the small things in a great way.

What I’m suggesting is that the essence of leadership is soundness and that the essence of soundness is soul, which paradoxical as you might think it is, is that child within.

This document [the Reconstruction and Development Programme] was translated into a simpler manifesto called 'A Better Life for All', which in turn became the ANC's campaign slogan.

He who has a true idea, knows at that same time that he has a true idea, nor can he doubt concerning the truth of the thing.

A new biography of Madonna came out last week, and apparently the biography lists all the men she's slept with. The book is apparently called the Manhattan Telephone Directory.

If the main thing the next generations know about Jewish history is that we were persecuted and suffered, they will lose sight of the tremendous heritage of Jewish culture, theology, and wisdom.

In all circumstances, I always look for the light and build around it, with little memory of pain.

Gifts are given, but fruit must be grown

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.