What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

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 three-part whats to winning: 1. What you have. 2. What you need.3. What you believe.

Have you ever suddenly realized it's someone else's mood swing and you're just along for the ride?

There are four varieties in society the lovers the ambitious observers and fools. The fools are the happiest.

I'm in love with beauty and things and people and love and being in love, and those things, I think, on the inside, show on the outside.

To break our addiction to oil is one of the greatest challenges that our generation will have to master.

We are made for larger ends than Earth can encompass. Oh, let us be true to our exalted destiny.

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.

A HUMAN ELEMENT is an elegant and haunting first novel. Unrelenting, devious but full of heart. Highly recommended.

When a parent dies, the whole house of cards comes down.

Self-awareness is one of the rarest of human commodities. I don't mean self-consciousn ess where you're limiting and evaluating yourself. I mean being aware of your own patterns.