The loss of a much-prized treasure is only half felt when we have not regarded its tenure as secure.

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.

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty

I'm not the best of you, but I'm not the worst either.

Truth lives on in the midst of deception.

George Bush sold us on going to war with Iraq based on the threat of weapons of mass destruction. But we still haven't found them.

There isn't as much passion and outrage in today's newspapers. That may be because of a corporate decision, but they've lost their personality.

The plague of government is senile delinquency.

You can't really dance properly to James Brown. If you dance to James Brown, you look like an idiot. There's a lot of jerking.

He is rich enough who does not want bread.

Art is not only about something; it is something. A work of art is a thing in the world, not just a text or commentary on the world.

It will be harder because they are going to want revenge, they need revenge.