Embellish the soul with simplicity, with prudence, and everything which is neither virtuous nor vicious. Love all men. Walk according to God; for, as a poet hath said, his laws govern all.

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.

If you begin reading your Bible daily, you will develop a positive mindset, positive attitude and positive action.

The life you have led doesn't need to be the only life you have.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

I've always been brought up to stand on my own two feet and not rely too heavily on everyone else around me.

Blessing: Constructive thought directed toward anyone or condition. You bless a man when you recognize the divinity in him.

Yeah. I wouldn't do it if it wasn't fun... We're showing people how, in a pretty crazy and whacked-out, dangerous world, you can still have fun.

Don't sell out who you really are to make others happy.

In the United States three new methods of transportation made their appearance at almost the same time - the steamboat, the canal boat, and the rail car

Whoever you are, go out into the evening, leaving your room, of which you know every bit; your house is the last before the infinite, whoever you are.

I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humiliating to be afraid.