How many after being celebrated by fame have been given up to oblivion; and how many who have celebrated the fame of others have long been dead.

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.

Be yourself, the divine soul.

I had to get good grades and do well in school - my mother was an assistant principal and my father was a teacher - and they took this very seriously.

Being a Scotsman, I am naturally opposed to water in its undiluted state.

Serving in the United States Senate has been the greatest privilege of my life.

The hardest part of growing up is learning how to wait

It shouldn't be a Republican or Democratic issue whether we take care of the environment. That should be a human issue.

I got the chess bug when I was finishing high school, we were doing chess tournaments at my house. I never got to a very high level.

Free your heart from hatred - forgive. Free your mind from worries - most never happen. Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.

I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I do agree with, I love that phrase, "the soft bigotry of low expectations."

Bapu Gandhi said, ‘All religions are true.’ I just want to love God.