Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well

I remember those happy days and often wish I could speak into the ears of the dead the gratitude which was due to them in life and so ill-returned.

It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information.

Being honest about where you come from and what your story is is the only way to connect to other people, to really connect with them.

In order for a man to be truly evil, he must be a woman.

The traveling and adventure always lift my spirits soaring with exhilaration.

To the question, What shall we do to be saved in this World? there is no other answer but this, Look to your Moat.

A peaceful man must fight For that which peace demands,— Freedom and faith, honor and right, Defend with heart and hands.

Banks have done more injury to the religion, morality, tranquility, prosperity, and even wealth of the nation than they can have done or ever will do good.

The character requires so many elements. The only one who could fulfill that was this one person: Elle Fanning.

If we tread our vices under our feet, we make of them a ladder by which to rise to higher things.