There is nothing in life so irrational, that good sense and chance may not set it to rights; nothing so rational, that folly and chance may not utterly confound it.

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.

The llama is a woolly sort of fleecy hairy goat With an indolent expression and an undulating throat - Like an unsuccessful literary man.

You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what's in your heart.

...if the beginnings of love and amorous politics are equally rosy, then the ends may be equally bloody.

There can come a time when change is so cataclysmic that it changes the fundamentals of how we do our politics.

Whenever I'm onstage, I try my best not to think that I'm performing. It's simply another part of my day.

When you are able to applaud yourself, it is much easier to applaud others.

Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it's time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.

I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.

I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I'm on stage they're not privileged to see me. It's a privilege for me to see them.

Nothing on earth can make up for the loss of one who has loved you.