The controlling Intelligence understands its own nature, and what it does, and whereon it works.

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.

Basic steps when giving:-Don't give to receive-Don't give to impress-No cameras-Include your heart

For the grace of bearing life's inevitable evils is itself agood, and makes goodness arise even from evils byopposing them or enduring them with courage.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

We don't believe other people's experiences can tell us all that much about our own. I think this is an illusion of uniqueness.

it is as unseeing to ask what is the use of poetry as it would be to ask what is the use of religion.

Man, there's another freedom out there, and it comes from somewhere else, and that somewhere else is the place I'm interested in.

Too many people never connect with their true talents and therefore don't know what they are capable of achieving.

National security is vital for economic and social progress.

Disrespect is real stuff.

I'm convinced that theatre is a horrible business. Make this the headline. You have to be on the spot every night as an actor. You are damn lonesome standing out there.