To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome.

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.

She had discovered that her love of knowing was not unnatural or sinful but the direct consequence of a God-given ability to reason.

Well, it doesn't look good. Makes me look like one of those unloved latchkey children they make after-school specials about.""Don't sell yourself short. You're more Masterpiece Theatre.

The best is the enemy of the good.

God is our refuge and strength a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear.

I admit I distorted intelligence to please Stalin because I feared him.

Not everyone has equal abilities, but everyone should have equal opportunity for education.

I want to tell stories, I don't really try to get boxed in by a specific genre.

I disapprove of lots of decisions made by George Bush: the war, the meddling in the affairs of other countries, the conversations with dictators; it was a dark time.

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.

Only as they cease to seek anything by themselves and only as they take the position of the teachable shall they be taught by the Spirit truth which they are able to digest.