Viewed from the summit of reason, all life looks like a malignant disease and the world like a madhouse.

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.

You can do very little with faith but you can do nothing without it.

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.

In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.

As an early adopter of the internet, I've changed as the internet has changed, and I regret a lot of the things that I used to believe or used to do.

Each society is a hero system which promises victory over evil and death.

Do nothing by halves which can be done by quarters.

If anything might hurt her, silence would; and I wanted to hurt her.

I been away a long time.

Political reporters and political professionals rushed to judgment against Romney because we crave clear, unambiguous story lines.

I seem to be the most wordy when it comes to monsters because I'm a bit of a monster freak.