For that is love's nature that it lays claim to exclusive right and that all other claims are nil.

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.

It takes a minute to love but eternity to forget.

Respect all men but fear none.

[T]he man who meditates is a depraved animal.

When you're dead, everything in the world is like a song that makes you cry.

Through career fumbles and life changes, she supported me. Through shattered dreams and hopes almost-realized, she supported me too.

Skeptics are never deceived.

There is no politically neutral fence available for us to sit on, and our attempts to do so have the consequence (intended or not) of supporting the existing political system.

People want to find a 'meaning' in everything and everyone. That's the problem - there is no meaning in everything.

God fails not to sow blessings in the furrows.

The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.