The thinker philosophizes as the lover loves. Even were the consequences not only useless but harmful he must obey his impulse.

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.

Consciousness resides in the gap between electrons, protons, and neutrons.

No one answered. You could hear the light buzzing over us. I love that sound. It means school isn't working, that the teachers are losing the battle.

In handling resources, strive to avoid disaster rather than to attain an optimum.

The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.

Household life is crowded and dusty; life gone forth is wide open... Suppose I shave off my hair and beard, put on the ochre robe, and go forth from the home life into homelessness.

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.

I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.

Every new thing is a result of everything you wrote before.

If you want a team of smart, creative people to do extraordinary things, don't put them in a drab, ordinary space.

If you want to change your life in the fastest way possible, trade your expectations of others for appreciation.