No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?

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

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Act as though it were impossible to fail.

I was a little shocked at the elaborateness of the lie.

We'll take what the other team gives us. We'll scratch where it itches.

Your house is your first small business. It's where your investment is and [where] our greatest asset is.

Aspire to be the man you pretend to be when you're trying to get laid.

So familiar are eggs to us, however, that in the eighteenth century they were referred to as cackling farts, on the basis that chickens cackled all the time and eggs came out of the back of them.

When truth cannot make itself known in words, it will make itself known in deeds.

SECRET is not a mystery, it is analization.

I came from Nebraska, a very middle class family with a progressive father.

The value of a good idea is in using it.