It is a base thing for the countenance to be obedient and to regulate and compose itself as the mind commands, and for the mind not to be regulated and composed by itself.

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.

Learn to express your creativity... Your monkey-mind will hate it

It doesn't make sense to change who you are just to hang out with people you think are cool. You know, you just have to be yourself.

I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible.

When we decide to take back our own power, we discover that the true solver of problems is intuition, not reason.

Chance does not work. Only choice will work. Your choice!

Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.

My father always used to say, "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger," - 'til the accident.

Should not the Society of Indexers be known as Indexers, Society of, The?

Being charming is my hobby.

Friendship may well deserve the sacrifice of pleasure, though not of conscience.