Man usually believes, if only words he hears, That also with them goes material for thinking. [Ger., Gewohnlich glaubt der Mensch, wenn er nur Worte hort, Es musse sich dabei doch auch was denken.]

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.

What I did next was so impulsive and dangerous I should've been named ADHD poster child of the year.

The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.

I think my comparison with Shane would be a loner. I always got the impression that she wasn't scared to be alone. She enjoys it. I can relate to that.

To have the chance of being loved we have to take a chance on being destroyed inside

In the prosperous times, you put it in your pocket; in the lean times, you put it in your heart and that's when you discover who you are.

Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears.

If horses knew their strength we should not ride anymore.

No man more truly loves God than he that is most fearful to offend Him.

Hiroshima had a profound effect upon me.

Doubt is the offspring of knowledge: the savage never doubts at all.