The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unforeseen attack.

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.

Covetousness gives birth to violence, while violence gives birth to oppression.

God determine the appointed time and boundaries of influence for every man.

The desolate narrowness, the definitive thinness of experience is both the vainglory and the dead giveaway of a provincial man.

Honor, ” I said with a snort. “Honor has no place in survival.

As a very young man growing up in Texas, usually I got a shotgun or cowboy boots for Christmas.

Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena.

The most important function of a bibliographic entry is to help the reader obtain a copy of the cited work.

People create the reality they need in order to discover themselves

If you can imagine missing feeling sad, it's the only thing worse than pain.