This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

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.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

The spirit of light dwell in thee. Let it shine.

It was possible, I found, to both mourn a loss and yet be grateful it happened.

We owe it to each other to tell stories, as people simply...

Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.

Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.

I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard.

A man's library is a sort of harem.

I'd chosen instead to just change my route, go miles out of the way, as if avoiding it would make it go away once and for all.

Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.