The work that leads to a doctor's degree is a constant temptation to sacrifice one's growth as a man to one's growth as a specialist.

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.

Asymmetrie [macht] Menschen unglücklich.

I think we need to develop a powerful dose of tolerance to understand each other’s humanness. None of us is perfect.

player: Can I reach it with a five iron? caddie: Eventually.

I think the main problem we have is the pricing of oil as it is now. I think it's wrong. It does not reflect the fundamentals of supply/demand.

A man becomes a philosopher by reason of a certain perplexity, from which he seeks to free himself.

Because that's what heaven is...it's opening the door of a house in twilight and everyone you love is there.

Our culture is in moral chaos. On TV we celebrate freaks instead of honest, decent people.

Never give up what you want most for what you want today.

What I want is that my picture should evoke nothing but emotion.

I guess it's a kind of a goal for any actor to be the lead of a movie. Not for ego reasons, but because it is creatively the biggest challenge.