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.

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.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

Explore the endless possibilities in life.

This is the most beautiful piece of advice I can offer. I you don't have what you want now, you don't have what you want.

It is easier to tone down a wild idea than to think up a new one.

Every day theres something new. Something's going to destroy us all. Then it disappears.

People who don't see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.

One man's magic is another man's gluey torture session.

••If you work with a jackhammer during an earthquake, stop, otherwise you are working for nothing.

It's important to have a life outside the band.

Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.

Accepting your teen's individuality and natural evolution is one of the most difficult challenges you'll face as a parent.