I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate.

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.

There is magic everywhere around you, but most people are too busy being grownup to notice it.

You may not have covered your set tracks but it’s never too late to start.

Innards came out crossed and complex, like a tumble of plus and minus signs--the equation of human life.

if you can’t make a joke at a time like this, what’s the point of living?

The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And it's a woman who's extremely vain.

How can I know who's PM or in government in Sweden? It's been 40 years since I moved abroad! Oh!

We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love.

Damn! This flight attendant treating us like we won these first class tickets in a contest.

The surprising thing is that I was not funny in high school. I was always jealous of the funny kids because they always got the girls. I couldn't tell a joke to save my life.