Because everyone uses language to talk, everyone thinks they can talk about language.

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.

Grace is the promise that your heavenly Father remembers your sins no more.

Apparently Burgess shares the gutter press assumption that those who achieve fame should be made to suffer from it.

Those who do scientific or medical studies and have conclusions are reflecting the results preferred by those who pay them.

It is our duty and our privilege to keep America moving forward.

Of little worth as life is when we misuse it, it is worth that effort. It would cost nothing to lay down if it were not.

I'm not romanticizing black people, because we've got gangsters like everybody else.

Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.

For those of you in the administration, who are coming after me ... remember, you've broken three [of the 10 Commandments], let's not make it four; thou shalt not kill.

You can learn to direct yourself to be peaceful inside regardless of what is happening with your body.

At the end of night, before you close your eyes, be content with what you've done and be proud of who you are.