Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living.

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.

I still have enough faith in language to believe that if I place enough words next to each other on the page, they will start to speak with sounds of their own.

The word 'religion' has acquired a very bad name among those who really love truth, justice, charity. It also exhales the musty odor of sanctimony and falsehood.

People gravitate toward products that are bold, but instantly comprehensible: Most Advanced Yet Acceptable--MAYA.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.

What often seemed like meanness or coldness was really fear of emotions and intimacy.

Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail.

I collect stuffed animals, and toy stores make me happy.

China recognizes and also respects the universality of human rights. We will continue our efforts to promote democracy and the rule of law.

Without a job all there is to life is boredom and insecurity.

We have not journeyed all this way because we are made of sugar candy.