If ever the Divine appeared on earth, it was in the person of Christ.

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.

She was a dead girl having the worst panic attack shed ever had. Not because she was afraid of dying, but because she knew that she would never live again.

He remembered his mother's love for him, and his family's, and his friends', and the enemy's intention to kill him seemed impossible.

That that is is.

That's got to be at least one of the benefits of heaven - never having to act normal again.

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It was created as a mystery.

Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist.

One thing will lead to another and somebody will come up with a riff or a line or something we build from.

I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody.

In times of desolation, God conceals Himself from us so that we can discover for ourselves what we are without Him.

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.