If we speak of direct means for the culture of the imagination, the whole is comprised in two words--food and exercise.

The greatest forces lie in the region of the uncomprehended.

All words, then, belonging to the inner world of the mind, are of the imagination, are originally poetic words.

Indeed, a man is rather being thought than thinking, when a new thought arises in his mind.

Light has no value if there is no darkness.

Worry is like a roller coaster ride that you think will take you somewhere, but it never does.

And we convict almost every case, she thinks, because the law requires us to prosecute them for living their way of life.

My confidence and drive to go play came when I realized how gifted I was at such a young age and how much bigger my build was than the kids my age.

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

If you can't feel grateful, if you're discouraged or depressed, then think of the fact that things could be a lot worse than they are.

Some evils are cured by contempt.

And there is a time, glorious too in its own way, when one scarcely exists, when one is a complete void. I mean, when boredom seems the very stuff of life.

Life is 5% what happens, and 95% how you react.

It is your thoughts and your thoughts alone that determine what's possible for you now.