Whoever would understand the poet Must go into the poet's country. [Ger., Wer den Dichter will verstehen Muss in Dichters Lande gehen.]

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.

Breathing is our participation with the cosmic dance. When our breath is in harmony, cosmos nourishes us in every sense.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

His eyes reflected the open grey of the autumnal sky.

The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis.

I want to do literally everything. I think I was gifted... I inherited one of the best comedy visionaries as a director.

I've always led a pretty simple life, with few extravagances. The money in tennis never drove me.

We talk about politicians being in public life, but they seldom appear in the public space where everyone is free to appear as a citizen.

Milton has carefully marked in his Satan the intense selfishness, the alcohol of egotism, which would rather reign in hell than serve in heaven.

The visionless officialized fatuityThat once kept Europe safe for Perpetuity.

We must look after football and to do what it is necessary to bring to the game the best ethical values and personal behaviour.