But one must know where one stands, and where the others wish to go.

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.

Saints love all beings. They love even those who attempt to harm them.

Logic will save you when nothing else will.

When stupidity of today joins with the stupidity of yesterday it becomes a myth

It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile.

Astronomy was the cradle of the natural sciences and the starting point of geometrical theories.

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

Like a river flows surely to the sea/Darling so it goes/Some things are meant to be/Take my hand, take my whole life too/For I can't help falling in love with you.

It is the teacher's job to point out mistakes so that an individual doesn't continue to hurt themselves or others.

He [Michael Cimino] wasn't the typical filmmaker. I don't know if he had more in him, he certainly had a lot of scripts. I know he wrote a hell of a lot.

The most intelligent thing you can possibly do with your life is to grow.