The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

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.

I am a Saturn who dreams of being a Mercury, and everything I write reflects these two impulses.

My pa maintained that there are three important parts to a man. You got the heart, the brain, and the python.

A feminist is a person who believes in the power of women just as much as they believe in the power of anyone else. It's equality, it's fairness, and I think it's a great thing to be a part of.

It's sad when you say a $30 million film is an inexpensive film, but it is.

Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself.

With Cold Sassy Tree having its first production, I saw no necessity to do anything other than produce it with the correct setting.

Handguns are a public-health problem.

Self-esteem cannot be directly injected. It needs to result from doing well, from being warranted.

But if you've ever felt love, you'll know how painful it is to suffer for love.

I have put my whole soul into this work [The Pathetique Symphony] . . . You cannot imagine what joy I feel at the thought that my days are not yet over and that I may still accomplish much.