The emotions are not always subject to reason ... but they are always subject to action. When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion action will.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.

Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

If you can change your mind, you can change your life.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.

Real servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.

That was another thing that was becoming overwhelming --- her emotions. She normally only seemed to have two --- happy or pissed off.

...God and your heart both whisper - incline your ear - don't just learn from your head...

For me, musicians are poets. Beethoven describes himself as a poet of tones, just like Coltrane's a poet of tempo.

I still hold on to the idea that a record can really change the way I feel.

The man who is not afraid of danger is not a hero, but a psychopath.

My family means more to me than the artificial trappings of my career. If ever I had to choose between my career and my family, the wife and kids would definitely come out on top.

To me the seventies represent normality, and, of course, it is a normality that is now anachronistic.

Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty.

This evening, while signing my name on a painting, I was thinking I might stop signing my cheques.

I'm always ready for a change. I'm Irish. I'm a leprechaun.