Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.

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.

How extraordinary the ordinary really is, a tool we all use to keep going, a template for sanity.

There is no wine in the world as heady as applause

For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.

Let me start by emphasizing that I am open to efforts to expedite environmental procedures for true emergencies or in other clear cases where current laws are needlessly burdensome.

You're born into this life paying for the sins of somebody else's past.

It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.

I like going crazy. And not just for art - I like extremes in general.

Every man's credit is proportioned to the money which he has in his chest. [Lat., Quantum quisque sua nummorum condit in area, Tantum habet et fidei.]

No one should ever finish a book they're not enjoying, no matter how popular or well reviewed the book is.

We are the first nation in the history of the world to go to the poorhouse in an automobile.