Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

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.

A blissfully united family shines much brighter than most of life's greatest blessings.

God always protects what He considers to be a blessing for a person.

During my first marriage, my career was the most important thing in my life.

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.

Teams want me to do something stupid. You want to get to the point where nothing affects you, where you control them.

A man can be called ruthless if he bombs a country to oblivion. A woman can be called ruthless if she puts you on hold.

I just mix and put things together the way the spirit moves me.

Different things just strike people differently. And it's so subjective, too. Because what makes one person laugh won't make others laugh. I guess it's kind of checkerboarded.

Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.