If you would be a reader read if a writer write.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well

He believed in his own decency with all his heart. So it was with every true monster, Vic supposed.

I wouldn't call myself successful, just obsessively exhausted. The music makes me smile, the movies make me feel humbled, and the comedy saves my life every day.

It's true that climate change is an unprecedented problem so it's not surprising that it's so difficult to address.

No matter what business you're in, everyone in the organisation needs to know why

Extenuating circumstance to be mentioned on Judgment Day: We never asked to be born in the first place.

The wealth of the well-to-do of an industrial society is both the cause and effect of the masses' well-being.

I think it's important that readers know that not every celebrity is a freak.

There are no Rohingya among the races [in Burma]. We only have Bengalis who were brought for farming [during British rule].

NOT I - NOT ANYONE else, can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself.

I don't think about what camera I should use that much. I just pick up the one that looks nicest on the day.