The eye doesn't see any shapes, it sees only what is differentiated through light and dark or through colors.

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.

She drank the bottle.

The city is a plague… and I am the penicillin.

If you forget where you came from, you've gone too far.

Ah men do not know how much strength is in poise that he goes the farthest who goes far enough.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

My baby lives in shades of blue, blue eyes and jazz and attitude.

My city too turnt up, Ill take a fine for that.

It was a revelation for me, in a practical sense, that you could write in an African language and still reach an audience beyond that language through the art of translation.

Give what you want to receive. If you want happiness, make others happy.

As for me, all I know is I know nothing.