Nature has neither core nor skin: she’s both at once outside and in.

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.

See yourself through your mind’s eye being who you want to be, having what you want to have, and doing what you want to do.

Do not be an average person, average is not normal, average is lazy. set goals, dream more, break the rules and become a better person you want be. BE HUMBLE AND KIND

Life isn't about the brand of clothes you wear, or about who looks the best. It's about the number of faces which smile when they hear your name

I can hardly express in words my deep feeling and sympathy for them, knowing as I do, the many serious handicaps and obstacles that will confront them in almost every walk of life.

You live through stuff, and it affects the way you feel about the world, and you write about it.

All my books were easy to write - doesn't it show?

I'd be a liar if I said I had a normal family.

If we make people believe that before the age of 16 they got sick drinking vodka, they don't want to drink as much vodka.

If you expect to see the final results of your work, you simply have not asked a big enough question.

We will always have war until there is enough of every essential to support all lives everywhere around earth.