If one doesn't know one's own country, one doesn't have standards for foreign countries.

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 is better to be alone than in bad company.

You Either Trust Someone or You Don’t

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

I was always a relatively quiet and introspective kid.

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.

I've always taken 'The Wizard of Oz' very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I've spent my entire life trying to get over it.

The family is the foundation for love and for maintaining spirituality

Let us not turn schools into dumps when we go out and vote on Monday.

A book has got to smell. You have to hold it in your hands and pray to it.

The body is not a permanent dwelling, but a sort of inn which is to be left behind when one perceives that one is a burden to the host.