He that dies in extreme old age will be reduced to the same state with him that is cut down untimely.

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.

The best way to be original is to not copy anyone.

I realized that the "thing" and the "concept" were substituted for feeling and understood the falsity of the world of will and idea

Sometimes a little song is sweet to hear, even if the orchestra is more accomplished

Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.

I went to Catholic school throughout my whole academic life. In fact, my children - my husband and I and our children in my own family now have over 100 years of Catholic education among us.

I'm terrible at reading fiction. I don't have the attention span - it's awful.

...every literature, in its main lines, reflects the chief characteristics of the people for whom, and about whom, it is written.

The chains of a slave are broken the moment he considers himself a free man.

You are who you associate with. Look around at your five closest friends and that's who you are. If you don't want to be that person, you know what you gotta do.

Greed is normally balanced by fear.