It is natural to man to regard himself as the object of the creation, and to think of all things in relation to himself, and the degree in which they can serve and be useful to him.

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.

Dialogue can help you find out if you’ve been brainwashed or not.

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.

The purpose of schools should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students now

I could easily live in a world populated with disjunctive, bizarre things.

A positive mental attitude is the right mental attitude.

A creativity that comes out of meditative innocence, of meditative purity. And a real creator is possible only through meditation.

I was a really pretentious teenager.

We humans have come to a crossroads in our history: we can either destroy the world or create a good future.

'Doctor Who' was my first telly job, and before that I did a lot of theatre in education, children's theatre.