Master and Doctor are my titles; for ten years now, without repose, I held my erudite recitals and led my pupils by the nose.

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.

There are only two things in life, ' Bergé said. 'Love and beauty.

The means of control that record labels had vis-à-vis distribution no longer exist.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

I keep telling people that the secret of their success is discovered in their daily agenda. What they do daily is going to determine their success.

Price creates incentive, and energy will be developed if there's demand for it at the price you can develop it.

Even when governments take the right steps to reform, these can be negatively impacted by events outside their control.

I have never been much of a researcher

He is so kind that he makes me search my soul to find new ways to be compassionate to others.

The more men believe an idea to be true the greater the likelihood that the idea is mistaken. Those who are right usually stand alone.

Joining the Sangha and renouncing worldly life is necessary in order to devote your whole life and all your energies toward the Dharma.