Assume that people are good until you actually and specifically learn differently. And even then, know that they have potential for change and that you can help them out.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.

Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism.

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

You've got to think of the fine times you had with your mate, not the moment of his perishin'. Every tear you shed now only wets his windin' sheet and disturbs his rest

The power of a boy's dream is one of life's little miracles, the way it wraps itself around the heart and remains through old age to the last breath.

Leadership is not the loudest roar that creates change it is the consistent whisper that challenges your fears and inspires your magnificence

Listen to wise sayings

No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.

Pushing the boundaries of what is expected of you is important to me.

What economic calculation requires is a monetary system whose functioning is not sabotaged by government interference.

Comedy is a noble art. And every comedian who does anything is serving a noble purpose.

I'm quite good at going away from home. I don't live with my parents or anything. But it is tough when you're so far away from everyone.

If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we’d be terrified.