Our virtues and view spring from one root.

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.

Words work like keys. When you use them appropriately, you can unlock any locked heart.

I needed New Orleans so badly back in 2006, just somebody to believe in me, somebody to care about me

Whether or not it needed to happen, I'm still convinced it needed to happen.

Wood may remain twenty years in the water, but it is still not a fish.

Electronic music, for me, has been the only real pioneering music that actually does push boundaries and is constantly futuristic.

The other thing is that women my age know that looks are only skin deep. They don't matter. What matters is who you are. Hopefully at the end of the day, you're a good person. That's what counts.

Auschwitz exists because of politicized science.

I would imagine the inside of a bottle of cleaning fluid is really clean. I would imagine a vodka bottle is really drunk.

In the poorest of the poor we see Jesus in distressed guise.

I’ve always been a person who’s been true to myself and true to others and I’m not afraid to be honest.