Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

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

Do not miss heaven.

Consider the coincidences that you do not see." - Fabian Snowstrom, A Vampire's Reckoning

The United States has never been afraid of a challenge. In times of crisis, it is American innovation and ingenuity that has forged the path to progress and prosperity.

Sometimes people who feel powerless, they come to bother their own kids, or they come to bother children.

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake.

What are you using?" I asked. "Fascination or glamour?" "Both," she said, giving me a wicked smile

You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do.

...a book need never die and should not be killed; books were the immortal part of man.

Life isn't about milestones, it's about moment

Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her hand she bore.