Light may earth's crumbling sand be laid on thee, that dogs may dig thy bones up easily

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.

Until we make the unconscious conscious, we will be dictated by it and call it fate.

Listen to the song of your heart, now follow the melody.

War is the trade of kings.

Passion is what you need to be good, an unforgiving passion.

too many maniacs not enough michelangelos

May we never risk the life of our souls by being resentful or by bearing grudges.

The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing.

When I arrive at our training ground at Borussia Dortmund, everybody could hear just that a few seconds before I can actually be seen. Everybody knows it's me. I love to hear the machine working.

It is not a process of bargaining or give-and-take. The peace process is not about giving concessions. We will not allow any step which would hurt the memories of our martyrs.

The entropy of an isolated system not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium.