Every decided colour does a certain violence to the eye, and forces the organ to opposition.

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.

Compassion is a lifetime business. You can't say something like, "I will have compassion on Monday, Thursdays and Fridays only. But for the rest, I will be cruel". That is hypocrisy.

Intelligence without wisdom is like a hook without bait.

Is it not ignorance that we share? A lie takes two. The truth we find alone.

Salander was an information junkie with a delinquent child's take on morals and ethics.

I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory.

When we hear a house has fallen do we ask if the ceiling fell with it?

I'm quite an independent person, and I had to be. As a boy and growing into a young man I had to look out for myself. And now I'm very family-oriented. It's a big priority in my life.

Our government has no integrity!

I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand.

Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves.