Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents.

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.

Love every one as you love your little daughter and son, because everybody is somebody's daughter and son.

Ghost towns filled with sad people who settled for what life offered them. The road unfurls before us. Everything is possible. I feel sick to my stomach.

Frustration often steers you to the right path.

The world is bigger than you know, and scarier than you might imagine. The only currency worth anything is being true to yourself, and the only goal worth seeking is finding out who you truly are.

Isn't connecting people to distant lands and culture one of the strengths of good literature?

I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... if you have one.

I'm not living off of any taxpayer money. If I am - if it's food stamps, it's a temporary resource.

The univers is statistically more likely to be ironic than not.

You don't have to be one of the Elders. You don't have to be well known. You just have to be determined to care about people. That's all it takes.

Transnational terrorism, in the form of the Salafi Jihadist movement, is fundamentally a function of globalization.