I believe in God and in nature and in the triumph of good over evil.

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.

I love you now for what we've already shared, and I love you now in anticipation of all that's to come.

In the modern world, if you want to travel off the beaten path, stay off the beaten media path.

When you look at a piece of delicately spun glass you think of two things: how beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken.

You know the funny thing, I don't get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people.

I love the earth too much to contemplate a life apart from it, although I believe in that life.

I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.

I have never been more excited than I am today about making pictures.

People have value and are important. Big or small they are important.

It is worthwhile to live and fight courageously for sacred ideals.

I never understood redemption when I was young. Even before I was an atheist, I always thought with the prodigal son, "well, why's he getting the special treatment?"