The passions are like those demons with which Afrasahiab sailed down the Orus. Our only safety consists in keeping them asleep. If they we are lost.

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.

Joy weathers any storm: Happiness rides the waves.

Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune.

And that heart which was a wild garden was given to him who only loved trim lawns. And the imbecile carried the princess into slavery.

Vagueness is at times an indication of nearness to a perfect truth.

What we will not wait for is that particular nexus of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction that is extremism, and the technology to come together in a way that is harmful to the United States.

And of course there is always joy in witnessing the joy of others

I'm a lucky guy. I get to sit around every day and indulge in make believe and get paid for it.

I have before seen other countries, in the same manner, give themselves to you when you are about to leave them.

To understand the intensity of driving an F1 car, you have to be in it.

When we see the bankruptcy, slavery, and vanity of everything else, we can finally say, ‘To die is gain.’