It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.

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.

A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed.

Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards.

I didn't realize I was in a Buddhist temple.

Corn wind in the fall, come off the black lands, come off the whisper of the silk hangers, the lap of the flat spear leaves.

Work on psychological blocks like shame and guilt - they falsely color your reality.

I do get the comics online I guess but it's such a pain. I'd rather just get them in the paper and read them.

Throughout this country's history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass.

If something can't be explained on the back of an envelope, it's rubbish.

I've always wanted to act.

I did not want to be anything, and naturally I did not want to turn myself into a mere profession: all I ever wanted was to be myself.