Marvelous as may be the power of my dog to understand my moods, deathless as his affection and fidelity, his mental state is as unsolved a mystery to me as it was to my remotest ancestor.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.

Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

If you can change your mind, you can change your life.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.

Real servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.

He was an indecent man, I told myself - prayerfully - and then I prayed for him to become decent.

Women are attracted to bad boys not because they want to fall in love… we just want to ride on the backs of their motor bikes.

Love sought is good but given unsought is better.

Does anything eat flowers. I couldn't recall having seen anything eat a flower - are they nature's privileged pets?

Because humans, in effect, created dogs through domestication, the canine mind reflects back to us how we see ourselves through the eyes, ears, and noses of another species.

Christian action in the world will not be sustained or carried on in an intelligent and effective manner unless it is supported by doctrinal convictions that have achieved some degree of clarity.

In any event, a truth that disheartens, because it is true, is still of far more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

Love remains a secret even when spoken, for only a true lover truly knows that he is loved.

God teaches us to love by putting some unlovely people around us.

God is dead, and no one cares! If there is a hell I'll see you there!