Poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere, and at all times, in hundreds and hundreds of men.

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.

Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

One day people will look back with amazement that we ever sought to grow our food with poisons.

I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes.

A fundamental requirement, overriding any other for this job, is an understanding of deafness-what it is and how it affects the educational experience.

One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.

You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.

Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex.

Shakespeare showed me that once I understand the rules, I can break them.

The inequality between the world's individuals is staggering.