Wisdom is found only in truth.

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.

‎"Life's book is hard to understand: Why couldst thou not remain atschool?

When you’ve crawled through the darkness, the light is so much more glorious.

We have real cliched ideas of what prison life is like. It is not a happy place. It's a desperate, sad situation.

One must need to be strong, otherwise one will never become strong.

I have never experienced anything like walking out onto the stage of an oversold venue and, before the first note is struck, realizing that there is not going to be enough oxygen for all of us.

we never know the blessings bestowed on us until we are separated from the possession of them.

Enlightenment is being able to go to your own home and feel comfortable.

So here we are, talking about Roman unicycles and alien sandwiches and my sister’s Italian misfortunes, while hanging in between us is: MY EPIC FAILURE TO CARPE. What’s wrong with me?

Are you weary? Catch your breath. Are you strong? Reserve passing judgment on the tired.

I have nothing to complain about.