Once an individual's search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.

Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.

I love the smell of coffee when I wake up in the morning. It gives me the awesome feeling of hope!

From a biology point of view, the purpose of humanity is to ensure his survival by expanding his domain into the stars.

My daughter has a vivid imagination, and so does my son.

I really struggle to pinpoint whether I became a scientist because I like science fiction, or did I gravitate to science fiction because I identified strongly with scientists.

An awful realization that I have been fooling myself all my life thinking there was a next thing to do to keep the show going and actually I'm just a sick clown and so is everybody else

I loved the gentlemanly way they treated each other. It was unlike anything I was used to. I started helping them strike the set and, at 11, began taking acting classes privately.

If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining to do.

You will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.

My daughter is my greatest inspiration.

I'd like to get all the colors in the world into one painting