Wisdom is only found in truth. [Ger., Die Weisheit ist nur in der Wahrheit.]

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.

Very few things happen at the right time and the rest do not happen at all the conscientious historian will correct these defects.

Leadership is a mindset in action. So don't wait for the title. Leadership isn't something that anyone can give you - you have to earn it and claim it for yourself.

The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States.

There are no rebels in the cinema business.

I love art. It is uplifting.

For that matter, thinking of one's self as exceptional is probably more the rule than not.

How do we get a pantomime cow on set. Jeez, the rigours of satire.

Zen says: be empty. Look without any idea. Look into the nature of things but with no idea, with no prejudice, with no presupposition.

People are often so busy living that they never stop to wonder why.

My life is not merely a public phenomenon, it is a solitary adventure as well.