Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

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

The steam engine has done much more for science than science has done for the steam engine.

Believing takes practice.

He did wrong. He has acknowledged it before the people. He repents it. How many kings have the humility to do that?

The designs we see in nature are not the result of chance. They rise naturally, spontaneously, because they enhance access to flow.

I don't like watchingpeople get shot so I would be a little skittish about that - squeamish, but I must say, I don't think the argument that this is going to offend Muslims is a legitimate argument.

Birth is life's first lottery ticket.

When I'm looking for an idea, I'll do anything--clean the closet, mow the lawn, work in the garden.

With the infinite patience of one who has learned to live broken, he awaited her return.

[Evolution is] one of the best documented, most compelling and exciting concepts in all of science.

You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can't see what a bad girl Scarlett has become? Well, that's me.