There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.

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.

Poets never die, I thought. They just fail in the end.

I know you are mine, not in my life but in my memories.

A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors - to dislodge the worms.

Death is the same for the one who dies.

The brain is a body part too; we just know less about it.

But why is it that in music, anything more than 5 years old - apart from a few hits - is never played on radio to the young public?

My worst habit is whistling while I sleep.

I really actually enjoy auditioning.

Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.

I have a magnificent obsession. All I want to do is change the world ...make it a better place for this and future generations.