The soul of man is like to water; from Heaven it cometh, to Heaven it riseth And then returning to earth, forever alternating.

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.

Anything that triggers good memories can't be all bad.

I really enjoy the now because that's all we're certain of.

I can remember sitting in a cabin outside of Denver writing that with a can of soup on the stove.

Jesus ... associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.

I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples - faraway peoples - so that Americans might better understand themselves.

Don't eat anything your great-great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. There are a great many food-like items in the supermarket your ancestors wouldn't recognize as food.. stay away from these

Pleasure itself is not a vice

THERE'S NO JUSTICE, said Mort. JUST US.

The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.