It is a misfortune to pass at once from observation to conclusion, and to regard both as of equal value; but it befalls many a student.

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.

We came to realize how little married couples see of each other once they crawl in the bourgeois box.

And in the sin of wantingalways to be right, the punishmentis knowing it isn't possible.

Do not deride someone's faith simply because you do not share it, Lord Cladent, " Sazed said quietly.

When faced with the inevitable fatigue that comes with the recycling of speeches and the recycling of thoughts in a rather small stream of vortex, I am urged to not be ashamed of recycling.

Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could you ask of life?

For me, boviscopophobia is an even stronger motive than semi-agoraphobia for staying on the ship when we're in port.

Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories.

If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.

Keep in mind, I'm not allowed to be tough. I'm tamed.

You can't ask the women to do anymore. It's time for us as Black men to step up and be what we're supposed to be.