What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.

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.

They tended to look at his lips, for his transient gaze was dizzying, though the mouth, you see, the mouth was also a danger, for the teeth would do the unraveling.

Three things at least they [good politicians] must require

Whenever you go with the cheaper option, you end up regretting it

I'm usually cast as the sassy, brassy best friend.

Prayer bends omnipotence of heaven to your desire. Prayer moves the hand that moves the world.

A calm mind helps our human intelligence to assess the situation realistically.

People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.

Africa has been troubled for a long time - well, the world has been troubled ever since I was born.

I haven't run out of ideas yet. Usually while I'm working on a book, I'm doing research for the next one!

Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one, an excitement burning with a cold flame.