Socrates used to call the opinions of the many by the name of Lamiae, bugbears to frighten children.

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.

Develop a can-do-spirit and be sure you are not suppressed by the naysayers whose daily actions are meant to discourage you from achieving what you believe.

I give dating advice on a regular basis. It's not that I'm any expert, but it's always nice to share that with your friends.

When you invite a middle-aged moralist to address you, I suppose I must conclude that you have a taste for middle-aged moralizing.

The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.

I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.

I'm not in a hurry to do a lot of projects. I am very resolved in each project I take on.

A black, a Puerto Rican and a Mexican are in a car. Who's driving? The police.

In living and in seeing other men, the heart must break or become as bronze.

I spent seven hours in a beauty shop... and that was for the estimate.

Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.