The man who doesn't know what the universe is doesn't know where he lives.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Throwing herself into learning helped Miri ignore the painful chill of solitude around her.

She had said he had been driven away from her by a dream...

Grace allows for questions ... and is the answer!" EL

Teach me how to fly, my beautiful butterfly.

I'm trying to move an aircraft carrier here, I'm not just steering the speedboat.

We argued about how hard it would be to ride a bear, assuming said bear was muzzled.

I don't like the kind of country living where you have to help. I like country living where there is help.

Not to get overly psychological about this, but it's probably why I became an actress in the first place: for that kind of freedom and refuge, as well as for the fact that I just love acting so much.

I'm very eclectic in my music tastes - anything from Nina Simone to Beethoven to Talvin Singh.

It is the fate of operating systems to become free.