Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

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.

There is no place like the beach... where the land meets the sea and the sea meats the sky

Passion to a person is what gas is to a car. Without it, you won't go anywhere!

If you fight for yourself, you have awakened your conscience, but if you fight for people you will awaken a nation.

Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.

Christ's followers cannot expect better treatment in the world than their Master had.

If typography is calling attention to itself, it's taking that attention away from what the words are saying.

Never give up your power to another person.

I don't really consider myself an impressionist.

Don't join too many gangs. Join few if any. Join the United States and join the family- But not much in between unless a college.

An English poet writes, I think, just for people who are interested in poetry. An American poet writes, and feels that everyone ought to appreciate this. Then he has a deep sense of grievance . . .