And can anything else that is useful be accomplished without change? Do you not see then that for yourself also to change is just the same, and equally necessary for the universal nature?

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.

All the tools, techniques and technology in the world are nothing without the head, heart and hands to use them wisely, kindly and mindfully

Hope is an anchor.

You have to show reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.

It's by understanding me, and the boys, and mother, that you have helped me. I expect that is the only way one person ever really can help another.

My studio is a laptop. Everybody I work with is the same. We make computer music, we're the laptop generation.

still loved but deprived of grace

To say that you can't see echoes of the past in what I do would be absurd. Everything that has preceded me has affected me.

The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be.

It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed.

Fooling laymen with science is sometimes so easy it should be criminal.