Habit is the most imperious of all masters.

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.

Everything is in the root. If you pick the weed without getting the root out of the soil, be assured, it is going to grow back.

You cannot, ever, give up on a friend who is close to giving up on themselves

Nature's silence is its one remark, and every flake of world is a chip off that old mute and immutable block.

It would be easier to get a computer to cry than to get Estonians to share their innermost feelings.

My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.

Always, worlds within worlds.

All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.

Life is my university, and I hope to graduate from it with some distinction.

It's very interesting for me to listen to music with my wife. She's not a musician but she very often makes comments about pieces in ways that are similar to what I'm thinking.