Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

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 can't believe that out of 100 000 sperm you were the quickest.

Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice.

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

What life can I live that will let me breathe in and out and love somebody or something and not run off screaming into the woods?

I've always been a proud man.

Freedom from spiritual conflicts and bondage is not a power encounter; it's a truth encounter.

Who knows for sure how complex or how uncomplex the ancient people's lives were.

Dream dreams and write them aye, but live them first.

It's always been too slow for me. Playing. The pace of things. I'm a fast sprinter. The trouble was, after playing in the group for a few months, I couldn't reach that point.

Fans are my favorite thing in the world.