Consider how many do not even know your name, and how many will soon forget it, and how those who now praise you will presently blame you.

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.

Your happiness and suffering depend on your actions and not on my wishes for you.

most men know what they hate few what they love

What is a saint supposed to do, if not convert wolves?

There is no greater solitude than that of the samurai unless it is that of the tiger in the jungle... Perhaps...

To live in love is life's greatest challenge. It requires more sublety, flexibility, sensitivity, understanding, acceptance, tolerance, knowledge and strength than any other human endeavor.

You don’t have to have a boyfriend to be happy, to be pretty, or belong.

Don't waste time blaming yourself when you can spend time planning how to destroy our enemies.

I'm not much of a horror fan. When it comes to ghost stuff and demon stuff, I can't watch that.

It is a doctrine of war not to assume the enemy will not come, but rather to rely on one's readiness to meet him; not to presume that he will not attack, but rather to make one's self invincible.

... you cannot make a man clean [simply] by washing his shirt.