Look at a man the way he is and he only becomes worse, but look at him as if he were what he could be, then he becomes what he should be.

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.

Your past is where you learned the lesson. Now is when you get to apply it.

...the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would to oppress the former.

No nation's flag is great or glorious if it flies over the weak and downtrodden, even if they raise and protect it out of misguided allegiance.

Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality.

That's another piece of advice: Don't go to college; follow your dreams. Unless you're a doctor - then go to college.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

I swing both ways. I can see things from a kind of conservative point of view and from a more socially liberal or left-wing point of view.

I'm not a great pothead or anything like that... but weed is much, much less dangerous than alcohol.

People who have addictive problems usually have some subset of emotional difficulties that causes them to abuse substances.

Its always fantastic to be on the podium, and, of course, the top step is always our target.