Flinch not, neither give up nor despair, if the achieving of every act in accordance with right principle is not always continuous with thee.

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.

Fundamentally, what all forms of positive thinking about collapse come down to is our own fear of death.

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together keep me in your heart I'll stay there forever.

I guess I'm odd-looking. I'm skinny. But I'm not only skinny - I'm oddly shaped.

I am lucky: I have fantastic doctors and a fantastic dentist.

The size of your community doesn't matter as much as the depth of your connection with them.

Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.

And now the forces marshaled around the concept of the group have declared a war of extermination on that preciousness, the mind of man.

Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people's hearts.

Believe me, were I ever to accomplish anything, it would be in music, which has always attracted me; and, without overestimating myself, I am conscious of possessing a certain creative faculty.

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, accomplished.