If the gods care not for me and for my children, There is a reason for it.

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.

No matter how long the journey takes, don’t give up. Keep travelling onwards.

You put your soul into those paintings, and nothing in this world is more beautiful to me than that soul of yours.

For what is a dream if not love first felt and what is mystery if not life itself

Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.

You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry aint coming.

A cockroach likely has no less brainpower than a butterfly, but we're quicker to deny it consciousness because it's a species we dislike.

Let nothing and nobody break your spirit. Let the unity in the community remain intact.

I am a believer in the fundamental doctrines of Christianity.

Tip the world over and everything loose falls into L.A.

I'm not interested in playing the girl that's just there to make the guy, you know, give him a talking to.