An educated memory depends on an organized system of associations; and its goodness depends on two of their peculiarities: first, on the persistency of the associations; and, second, on their number.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.

Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

If you can change your mind, you can change your life.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.

Real servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.

I'm a hopeless 19th-century romantic.

Think of yourself as incandescent power, illuminated perhaps and forever talked to by God and his messengers.

There are circumstances in which suicide presents a viable option; a workable alternative; the only sensible solution.

Tribe cats are named after the first thing their mother sees, but I thing this would lead to a lot of kits being named 'wall of cave', 'side of cave' and 'floor of cave

There are two questions that we have to ask ourselves. The first is 'Where am I going?' and the second is 'Who will go with me?'

It's hard to think of yourself as a loser at 2 years old.

Don't make excuses, don't blame the past. The rest of your life can be the best of your life!

I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.

I live to succeed, not to please you or anyone else.

The worse the passage the more welcome the port.