Failure to read what is happening in another's soul is not easily seen as a cause of unhappiness: but those who fail to attend the motions of their own soul are necessarily unhappy.

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.

Learn, learn and relearn: become a great scholar.

The child is the father of the man.

Men show their superiority inside animals outside.

The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.

The things I never say never get me into trouble.

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

When all your favorite preachers are gone, and all their books forgotten, you will have your Bible. Master it. MASTER IT!

Although we were never pals and occasionally butted heads, my relationship with Clinton and his wife, Hillary, made me a better journalist.

Take the long way. Do the hard work, consistently and with generosity and transparency. And then you won't waste time doing it over.

Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace.