The poet should seize the Particular, and he should, if there be anything sound in it, thus represent the Universal.

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.

Decide to be rich! Hate poverty strong.

In this unbelievable universe in which we live there are no absolutes. Even parallel lines reaching into infinity meet somewhere yonder.

I want to preach the gospel so plainly that men can come from the factories and not have to bring along a dictionary.

No matter how much you're expecting it, it's still unexpected when it comes.

Listen, if the people in my district wanted to live in France, they'd move to France.

You ask for such simple things, I can't deny you.

Thrift is a great revenue.

To idealize: all writing is a campaign against cliché. Not just clichés of the pen but clichés of the mind and clichés of the heart.

Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.