Do not, I beg you, look for anything behind phenomena. They are themselves their own lesson.

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.

You can talk all you want about freedom of speech, but it's freedom of hearing that counts.

Remember, to the last, that while there is life there is hope.

There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it.

At the end of the day, there are a hell of a lot of notes being played out there and I defy the average middle-American or the average punter to differentiate between them.

I always fielded the team that I felt had the greatest chances of success.

Ethical obligation has to subordinate itself to the totalitarian nature of war.

I may not get a hit, but you'll see me playing hard. You see my outs, they will be quality outs.

The infinity of this vacancy, the pervasive pain, the longing for some spirit, some lightness, some joy - that's all that is left.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws.