To know of someone here and there whom we accord with, who is living on with us, even in silence - - this makes our earthly ball a peopled garden.

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.

I am not going to leave this land, I will die as a martyr at the end … I shall remain, defiant. Muammar is leader of the revolution until the end of time.

Even breathing is a contribution.

When they call you a saint, it means basically that you are not to be taken seriously.

Anyone can find fault. It is the wise person who finds that which encourages another in the turmoils and strifes of the day.

Truth is always a delusion.

There is no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of my favorite things!

A lament in one ear, maybe, but always a song in the other

Ill often rush out from Dark Shadows, having made a 5.30PM appointment, working for a couple of hours.

Beauty is found in anything that delights the senses, nourishes the soul, fires the imagination.

First come the innovators, then come the imitators, then come the idiots.