In art it's not the thinking that does the job, but making.

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.

Why can't a tree be called Pluplusch?

Something has got to hold it together. I'm saying my prayers to Elmer, the Greek god of glue.

Face to face, just you and me, with no rules. Just like you, I get lonely too.

Appeal must be to an informed, civically militant electorate.

If everyone enjoyed the unrestricted use of his faculties and the free disposition of the fruits of his labor, social progress would be ceaseless, uninterrupted, and unfailing.

No departure from the truth of nature shall be discovered by the closest scrutiny.

I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17.

Yes, the divorce was difficult. It was difficult.

Wherever we can multiply our forces and our civilizational efforts, absorbing other elements, no law can prohibit us from doing so, as such actions are our duty.

Make your best thoughts into action.