Usefulness, whatever form it may take, is the price we should pay for the air we breathe and the food we eat and the privilege of being alive.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

Happiness is not a goal it is a byproduct.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for.

I spend a lot of time writing. I get inspiration from texts rather than images.

The notion that the staging of the play Harry Potter should be raw magic and street theater rather than high-tech theater, was essential.

Thinking about starting a small business? Assume everything will cost twice as much and take twice as long as you think it will.

If you wish to fault the administration, it is that we didn't have a clear picture and we probably didn't do as clear a job explaining that we did not have a clear picture until days later.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

Our emotions are often beautiful, but they can also be dangerous. They represent our spontaneity, and seem to speak to us of our freedom.

The problem of modern democracy is rooted in its neglect of unorganized people.

In the villages in Europe, there are still healers who tell stories.