Nothing befalls a man except what is in his nature to endure.

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.

No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf)

Stale godliness is ungodliness. Let our religion be as warm, and constant, and natural as the flow of the blood in our veins. A living God must be served in a living way.

The road of doubt leads to the dead-end of despair. Time to change directions!" HS/el

Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.

As those who believe in the visibility of ghosts can easily see them, so it is always easy to see repulsive qualities in those we despise and hate.

I had a nightmare last night. I dreamed Dolly Parton was my mother and I was a bottle baby.

Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!

In Spain," indeed! He would have got no closer than the Indies if I had not showed him how to do it. Stupid puppy.

Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better than colonialism ever was because you can keep control without having an army, without having a whole administration.

I've never been in parliament as a National, I gave up smoking about the same time [and] I've rid myself of two cancers.