The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.

Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears.

A single thread of hope is stronger than all the chains that bind you.

We are inside soft, sweet and pure white despair.

Create a character with an obsession, then follow.

I think the best stories always end up being about the people rather than the event, which is to say character-driven.

Where ever you are be all there

In repose, my face looks as though I had gone through a terrible deal in the last five minutes. I have to disguise the expression and get a glassy-eyed look. That's something I learned from my dog.

For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.

Fearfulness, contrary to all other vices, maketh a man think the better of another, the worse of himself.

What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.

I'm very giving. Even if it's for nonsense, I'll give it to you.