What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.

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.

The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say “no” to almost everything.

When I am old and addled I will make coronets like Cad, that have nothing to do with history, but represent the whimsy and cobwebs in my brain.

There are some questions that shouldn't be asked until a person is mature enough to appreciate the answers.

My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s.

The natural tendency of all human behavior is toward the path of least resistance. When you resist this tendency, you become stronger and more powerful.

I don't fight fascists because I'll win. I fight fascists because they are fascists.

I don't really recognise success. I don't see myself as on an upwardly mobile trajectory. I see myself as on the edge of a cliff about to fall off.

Hate furroweth the brow; and a man may frown till he hateth.

Because art is life, playing to other rhythms.

It takes one minute to tell a lie, and an hour to refute it.