I am not in the world. The world is in me.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian.

And now I'm old and going--I'm sure I can't tell where; One comfort is, this world's so hard, I can't be worse off there

I love industry. Pipes. I love fluid and smoke. I love man-made things. I like to see people hard at work, and I like to see sludge and man-made waste.

Mentally I must be lazy, like a little kid, but I always seem to do well when there's a tough situation.

Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square.

Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.

Racism is not dead. Definitely, there are these biases.

To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: It is the only way we can leave the future open.

I have my favorite cat, who is my paperweight, on my desk while I am writing.

The divorce rate would be lower if instead of marrying for better or worse people would marry for good.