Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

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.

All people are enslaved by something.

Never fight any progressive moves unless you can move faster to achieve something different.

As foreign minister I cannot allow myself to be guided by emotions.

A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.

If you diversify, control your risk, and go with the trend, it just has to work.

What is Parliament for if it is not to be a means to make ministers accountable for the services for which they are responsible.

You have to be producing to be able to be called a producer.

All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.

I like that kind of frantic schedule. It makes me feel like I have a purpose.

Late one brilliant April afternoon Professor Lucius Wilson stood at the head of Chestnut Street, looking about him with the pleased air of a man of taste who does not very often get to Boston.