Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.

Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

If you can change your mind, you can change your life.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.

Real servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.

You can not even roughly guess where you can reach in life if you pursue the path of self-education.

Sometimes I think what I write is funny in its quiet way.

Profundity of thought belongs to youth, clarity of thought to old age.

When I act, I act. When I sing, I sing. I don't put one over the other. Entertaining is what I do best.

I always have the TV on. When there's no TV, I play music. I like having noise. I think that's why New York is so suitable for me, because it's never really fully quiet.

The only path by which another person can upset you is through your own thought.

You can’t let your current circumstances dictate what kind of choices you make.

Paranoia is a social disease-you get it from screwing other people.

One kind kiss before we part, Drop a tear and bid adieu; Though we sever, my fond heart Till we meet shall pant for you.

Oh, when I was a kid, I was poor. Christmas, I got no presents. Well, there was one Christmas, on our front lawn - Prancer and Dancer - they dropped off a little something.