Nature in no case cometh short of art, for the arts are copiers of natural forms.

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.

And I can't die easy thinking maybe the menfolks white or black is making a spit cup out of you. Have some sympathy for me. Put me down easy, Janie, I'm a cracked plate.

It had been my repeated experience that when you said to life calmly and firmly (but very firmly!) "I trust you do what you must " life had an uncanny way of responding to your need.

Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

I was born to travel and write verse.

I've seen better coverage at an Alan Keyes press conference.

It’s not important how we play. If you have a Ferrari and I have a small car, to beat you in a race I have to break your wheel or put sugar in your tank.

I am not particularly well-behaved.

Nearly all legislation involves a weighing of public needs as against private desires; and likewise a weighing of relative social values.

I dislike Bush as much as probably anybody on earth could, but having said that... It's not like I'm going to change anybody's mind.

I will embrace today's difficult tasks, take off my coat, and make dust in the world.