Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

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.

May I remember the goodness of the Lord at all times.

Time spent in meditation is as precious as gold.

This book is written in a barren period of loss with an attempt to move forward towards substance.

She looked at me with those empty eyes, and I thought, I'm going to make sure I fill them up with something.

The pygmies, for example, or the Mindoro of the Philippines, do not want equal rights – they just want to be left alone.

I really learned it all from mothers.

American women were frustrated in just the role of housewife - but they also managed to enlarge it. And they weren't just housewives, they were community leaders.

Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.

Wrapped in a police blanket, I watched the rain and smoked one black cigarette after another.

Nothing in the world causes so much misery as uncertainty.