I will say with Lorenzo de Medici that those who do not hope for another life are always dead to this one.

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.

The child's existence turned a plain world to riches. Her life raised up like this, the child giving point and purpose to each day, the care of him transforming her, widening and deepening her.

Come back and wake me up.....half past May! (the Toad)

If I write novels in a country in which most citizens are illiterate, who then is my community?

I can feel that the world this day is different than all the days of our lives before.

God damn America for treating her citizens as less than human!

Some people are hurting so bad you have to do more than preach a message to them. You have to BE a message to them.

Live life to the fullest. It's too bad we're not cats...we only have one life.

It's all about one thing: creative problem-solving to get the story out.

Let's say there are 500 sons and daughters like you in each state. Then we could control the government.

Doubt is probably the biggest obstacle to overcome. Once you rise above doubt, you are on your way to success.