Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe. .. We should not say 'I am an Athenian' or 'I am a Roman' but 'I am a citizen of the Universe.

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.

Judge a man by what he tried, not by what he accomplished.

Patience is both the tool for and the result of, our efforts.

Time, dear friend, time brings round opportunity; opportunity is the martingale of man. The more we have ventured the more we gain, when we know how to wait.

I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event.

All you need to know about plotting is twofold. 1. Give your characters goals. 2. Don't let them reach those goals.

My first wife said, 'It's either that guitar or me,' you know -- and I give you three guesses which one went.

You should have a picture of yourself as a kid in your home so that you remember where you came from.

My way was not to be the petite, gorgeous, little cheerleader. My way of getting by was making people laugh.

But a people unable to reform will not be able to preserve its old culture either.

My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.