If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.

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.

It’s hardly ever that I am hurt by something in only one dimension.

The first thing to be done by a biographer in estimating character is to examine the stubs of the victim's cheque books.

Who needs evidence when you've got the Internet?

What if you went to Hell, and it was exactly what you thought it would be: just a cave with fire? And the devil really was this idiot in a red leotard with a pitchfork?

I found a way of working which pleased me because I didn’t have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me.

Cocktail party: A gathering held to enable forty people to talk about themselves at the same time. The man who remains after the liquor is gone is the host.

Preventing war is much better than protesting against the war. Protesting the war is too late.

I feel really good when I haven't felt good for a long time and then suddenly I feel okay again. Nothing feels better than this.

The stuff of which masterpieces are made drifts about the world waiting to be clothed in words.

You don't have to find out you're dying to start living. I want to be remembered as a kid who went down fighting, and didn't really lose.