There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

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.

OK. Yoga position 99.

The quest to remove all inequality is the deadening hand of socialism and results in social stagnation.

Every job leaves its residue, a bit of extra knowledge, a new skill-set.

We have to remember that no matter how much hardship we go through in our life, there is always going to be that fragile place in our heart.

It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.

Sixty per cent of people entering prison today are illiterate.

Don't ever take a shower with a woman, because you'll probably end up proposing to her.

Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.