Plunge boldly into the thick of life!

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 truth is like salt. Men want to taste a little, but too much makes everyone sick.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

The patient needs an experience, not an explanation.

I'm old, I'm rich and I'm tired.

Women don't even have equal treatment when it comes to filing a lawsuit for discrimination.

... love is banality to all outsiders.

Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.

I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned

Lean too much upon the approval of people, and it becomes a bed of thorns.

I have never changed. I feel as young as I always did and remain close friends with Gerhard Schröder.