Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

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

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

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

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.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Remember, before they promoted to the chair of CEO, they were the best employees of their companies.

There is a practice that is most powerful in keeping us united with God. That practice is the constant recollection of His presence.

Keeping a Diary all my life helped me to discover some basic elements essential to the vitality of writing.

I'm not the American Nightmare. I am the American Dream!

There is not substantial data that AZT stops the transmission of HIV from mother to child. There is too much conflicting data to make concrete policy.

Whoever will be cured of ignorance, let him confess it.

Writing on the subway or anywhere is writing. Maybe it's all just writing.

The notes sound like they're coming from inside your mind... It was the closest thing to a psychedelic experience I've ever had.

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?

When there are tiers of meaning in an ad it intrigues the audience and they look for it again and again.