Always bear this in mind, that very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

I imagine that one of the biggest troubles with colleges is there are too many distractions, too much panty-raiding, fraternities, and boola-boola and all of that.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence every one must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost.

America's strength is that it is capable of accepting people into its communities.

I do believe that God has his hands on me and that he has work for me to do.

Hast thou attuned thyself to the suffering of humanity, O candidate for light?

Until we see something that is actually wrongdoing, we're probably not going to go on a fishing trip to go see look at.

We've got horse property and there's other stuff to do. Like, four wheel driving, we barbeque, drink beers, sit around and play guitars and have a merry 'ol time

I learned I could be miserable anywhere in the world. I learned I really was an American.

People don't want you to be yourself, they just want you to be the person that they've decided you should be.