The good or bad is not in the circumstance, but only in the mind...that encounters it.

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.

Don't just stand there and nod. The mind observes and cogitates, the heart engages, and I would encourage you to engage with the process.

There is no smarter professor than life, and no wiser sage than experience.

I would choose to live a century in a dark room instead of hanging out with fake friends.

And I didn't tell mom what happened. She'd already warned me that bad things could hide in the most unlikely places.

I do not stand on protocol. If you just call me Excellency it will be okay.

Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today do not let yourself be cheated out of it.

Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.

Little choices determine habit; Habit carves and molds character. Which makes the big decisions.

The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become

Changing would not give me the best chance to win. I need to have fun. I need to attack.