Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something.

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.

Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.

It is an illusion that money brings happiness

Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.

We must solve the problem in health care by curbing out-of-control costs that erode paychecks for working families and push quality coverage out of reach for millions of Americans.

They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought.

I don't want to be either partial or impartial.

I can't stand the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard!

What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have not we been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren?

I do love the prose poem because it's such a perverse and provocative little box - always asking to be questioned, never giving a straight or definitive answer.

In Washington, officials from the National Rifle Association met with a group of high school students. There were no survivors.