Religion is not in want of art; it rests on its own majesty.

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.

Father, be my comfort in this dark times.

Sometimes… we have a war in our hearts. We’re torn in two directions. The way we feel and the way we should feel. They rarely align. The battle goes on.

All we can do is find the courage to stand still and to look backwards.

Say what you will about Leona Helmsley, when it comes to standing trial, she's twice the man Jim Bakker is.

People think if you have money, it'll fix the problems, but it creates different ones.

My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never made it with a big band, in fact he never made a record. Here he is fifty-something years old.

Glad that I live am I; That the sky is blue; Glad for the country lanes, And the fall of dew.

It's pretty well known that the CIA has been installing friendly dictators around the world for years.

Fundamentalists of all faiths are the fundamental evil of our time.

There are moments when the heart is generous, and then it knows that for better or worse our lives are woven together here, one with one another and with the place and all the living things.