To make something you have to be something.

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.

My heart pulses with love. I am open to its healing and joyful effects.

Your love is the light that will drive away all the darkness that surrounds you.

Anyone who regards poetry as an entertainment, as a 'read, ' commits an anthropological crime, in the first place against himself.

Inclusion and fairness in the workplace . . . is not simply the right thing to do; it's the smart thing to do.

Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself - and then a couple of more feet, just to be sure.

No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.

All wisdom ends in paradox.

You can't have a great university without a great library.

Evening bags should be just big enough for my phone, lipstick, house key, and credit card.

I have only one confidant, and that is the silence of night.