No one knows what he is doing so long as he is acting rightly; but of what is wrong one is always conscious.

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.

With every step, I cursed the person who had ever invented the saying: “Speak of the devil”. Clearly, they had no sympathy for me!

Such is the strength of the burden of habit. Here I have the power to be but do not wish it. There I wish to be but lacks the power. On both grounds, I'm in misery.

Bad luck is when opportunity is in parallel lines with your preparation and action.

Authenticity is a powerful force. Don't ruin it with an illusion.

I am just a beginner. The two films so far are baby steps. If I develop an attitude, I'll be finished even before I've started. Besides, if I started misbehaving, my folks would give me a tight slap.

The whole of mankind's progress has had to be achieved against the resistance and opposition of the state and its power of coercion.

I didn't think I had anything particular to say, but I thought I might have something to say to children.

If you don't own Gold, you know neither history nor economics.

I'm going to live forever. Geniuses don't die.

Reading is very good. And you can quote me!