All philosophy in two words - sustain and abstain.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well

Money, fame and personal possessions should never be your metric for measuring your passion.

Footsteps are the wonders of staying alive to move forward

He would wake up knowing that as long as he was capable of having such beautiful dreams, a part of him must still be good.

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.

I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.

For whatever reason, I have never separated the technical from the ethical.

The closest thing to Roseanne Barr's singing the national anthem was my cat being neutered.

I refuse to put the unnecessary strain of learning English upon my sisters for the sake of false pride or questionable social advantage.

I don't regard the real and true and authentic as something to claim as a moral high ground.

Animals see the unobstructed world with their whole eyes. But our eyes, turned back upon themselves, encircle and seek to snare the world, setting traps for freedom.