If I and my two children cannot move the gods, the gods must have their reasons.

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.

His touch was like a bard's on his instrument, and it awakened a deep and mysterious music in my body.

I have so much to talk about. I have so much to share. There are so many different emotions going on inside of me right now.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

You have to offer sort of an evolution visually and do things like you've never seen before, like a fight between two men in a toilet on an airplane which was very exciting.

If only opening a Vitamin Water could be classified as working out.

I'm never surprised by the insensitivity of 'The New York Times' editorial board.

May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions.

Fighting for happiness is the hardest thing you'll ever fight for, but it's the only thing worth fighting for.

Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.

And when we are writing the life of a woman, we may, it is agreed, waive our demand for action, and substitute love instead. Love, the poet has said, is a woman's whole existence.