Great possessions and great want of them are both strong temptations.

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 Best Things In Life Aren't So Sweet But Their Results Are Sweeter!

No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent.

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are incompatible; that is, that one is male and the other female.

I hate the word starchitect. Stuff like that comes from mean-spirited, untalented journalists. It's demeaning.

Happiness will come through the practice of yoga and Buddhism, that happiness is not something you will lose at the end of this lifetime. It will stay with you.

Photography is not about the thing photographed. It is about how that thing looks photographed.

For one thing, I know every book of mine by its scent.

Good luck in most cases comes through the misfortune of others.

To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face.

When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing.