The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy.

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.

Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.

On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.

Who never walks save where he sees men's tracks makes no discoveries.

If you ever have to make a choice between learning and inspiration, choose learning. It works most of the time.

Great men, like nature, use simple language.

Most projects start out slowly - and then sort of taper off.

Even if you're an agnostic or an atheist, you can create an altar, because an altar is simply paying homage to someone's life and celebrating what they did.

A plague on both your houses.