The soul that companies with virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught, sweet, rich and generous of its store, that injures not, neither destroys.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well

i let you love me.i let you take care of me.i let you do things to meno one was allowed to do before.

Our job in life is not to be successful, but to be faithful.

Ha! Good luck, lady!" Gustav laughed and tapped his thick index finger against his temple. "No one knows what goes on inside this head. Not even me.

If you don't have a vision for the future, then your future is threatened to be a repeat of the past.

I haven't always been the person I am today. I came into loving myself more than anything or anyone else.

I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility.

This is the Lord's doing. And it is marvelous in our eyes.

Round about what is, lies a whole mysterious world of might be, a psychological romance of possibilities and things that do not happen.

I'm not a clone, and I'm not a minion.

Let passion fill your sails, but let reason be your rudder.