He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Do not give in too much to feelings. An overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it.
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.
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.
Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.
We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
Life is the childhood of our immortality.
Our passions are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes.
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
Each one of us must carry within the proof of immortality, it cannot be given from outside of us. To be sure, everything in natureis change but behind the change there is something eternal.
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.
There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.