All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.

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

Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up.

What's not there is.

It's not a bloody piano, it's a clarenARt...you weird talking person.

The Montana sunset lay between the mountains like a giant bruise from which darkened arteries spread across a poisoned sky.

The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.

We got results that would not have been possible without a negotiating partner like Joe Biden.

Jay-Z, he knows precisely who he's going for - 14-year-old white suburban girls.

Our bounty, like a drop of water, disappears, when diffus'd too widely

We aim to achieve general progress in relations between North Korea and Japan.

It is the childlike part of us that produces works of the imagination. When we were children time passed so slow with us that we seemed to have time for everything.