You shall abstain, shall abstain. That is the eternal song.

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.

So what do we do?""We do what all families do. Grin, bear it, and pass the mashed potatoes.

Affection is the source of self-confidence, happiness, security, and a comfortable mental state.

What's important is the ambition that results from our weakness.

You picked the seats you did for a reason, right? Familiarity. Too bad the best sleuths avoid familiarity. It dulls the investigative instinct.

But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling for a redefinition of property rights.

Language designed to impress builds a gulf. Language to express builds a bridge.

You are not hopeless. You are not helpless. Because there is a God who is alive and loves you!

We get angry when we feel like God owes us a better life than we have.

I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.