Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

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 achieve good results using a poor method, isn't that a much greater achievement than starting from better methods.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

What you have in your mind, your talents, your native abilities, no one can take from you. When you die, you take them with you. Use them diligently while you are here.

To advertisers: "Do not compete with your agency in the creative area. Why keep a dog and bark yourself?"

For those who are awake, the Cosmos is One.

Nonviolence abhors fear and therefore, secrecy.

Measure your growth in grace by your sensitiveness to sin.

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

A dozen war reporters and TV crew, and the King Kong Elvis sang right on cue.

Whatever may be God's future, we cannot forget His past.