We must not take the faults of our youth with us into old age, for age brings along its own defects.

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.

Traveler, there is no path, the path must be forged as you walk.

Ambition and hatred are enough to bring Iraq and al Qaeda together.

From when you are young, through middle age, you must grow to the point that you glow, so that your light lets people feel the blessings, the virtues, and the happiness.

In each of its forms, love has an infinite scope of potential expansion, all of which I see leading to growth.

Radio stinks. The stations are making a lot of money, but they just aren't taking chances.

i wanted more time so we could fall in love.

We had to restructure our military and our politics and so on. We're a new democracy. We're a nascent democracy.

The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour.

Most crime fiction plots are not ambitious enough for me. I want something really labyrinthine with clues and puzzles that will reward careful attention.

We can't control the world, but we can control our reactions to it.