If you are distressed by anything external the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

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.

Mexico has lost its leadership, and a lot of that has to do with its poor performance and the lack of better results in our country.

It wasn't only fanatics and drunkards who began conversations with strangers in public.

Even Silicon Valley investors have put well over a $1 billion in new energy technologies.

I didn't know about the Bond girl thing. I was approached very quickly, boom, boom, boom, it happened.

Understanding is but the sum of misunderstandings.

You've got Bush and Gore headed to the Supreme Court. You've got George W. Bush's intelligence will be pitted against Al Gore's honesty. This is more like a case for small claims court.

I hate skin; I hate bones and bodies. I want to curl up inside of him and be carried there forever.

I grew up in Hollywood but not in any rich neighborhood.

I would drive on streets that were one-way and think, "Why are they all honking at me?"

The single Rose Is now the Garden Where all loves end