The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.

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.

He wasn't that good looking, he had the social skills of a wet cat and the patience of a caffeinated hummingbird

The walls you put between yourself and other people doesn't just keep them away, it also keeps God away.

Stop beating yourself up over all the days you didn’t work on your story. Focus on what you can do today.Sit down, and write.

Now things on TV are every bit as good or better than what you find in movie theatres.

The sign of intelligence is the ability to carry opposed thoughts at the same time.

Belafonte sent his people to pick me up and I went back and shook his hand, then went back to my little flat. I was very happy to have met a president of the United States - little me!

I'm sorry that I did not become the world's first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.

People who have great lives think and talk about what they love more than what they don't love. And people who are struggling, think and talk about what they don't love more than what they do love.

I grew up listening to most of my parents' music, like The Beatles and ABBA and all that stuff.

There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.