When a wife has a good husband, it is easily seen on her face.

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.

But there was a difference between being stuck and choosing to stay. Between being found and finding yourself.

This is the real magic of fantasy fiction: it can feed souls and change lives.

There's nothing worse than waiting and not knowing what'll happen to you. Your own imagination can be crueler than any captor.

When you have a different name, people just kind of take the liberty to spell it how they want.

When I began teaching you hardly could find a university in America or a college where they would teach either Jewish studies or Holocaust studies.

The tree is stripped, All color, fragrance gone, Yet already on the bough, Uncaring spring!

Young authors give their brains much exercise and little food.

Few men are admired by their servants.

Why is it so damn hard for people to talk?

The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.