The world is a living being - one nature, one soul. Keep that in mind.

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.

Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth.

Keep your heads up! We are sinking!

Free time is a terrible thing to waste. Read a book.

If people were to tell other people everything about themselves, we’d live in a dull world.

Lord Jesus, don't let me lie when I say that I love you...and protect me, for today I could betray you.

So much of what comes out of the faith community seems so dour and somber, and we want to say, 'Hey, we're real people. You can be a person of faith and really enjoy life and laugh.'

Life and death and birth is this fantastic mystery that we cannot fully grasp.

I'm a promoter of the people for the people and by the people and my magic lies in my people ties.

When I try to speak perfectly then I am not Jackie Chan anymore. Some words sound like I am trying too hard. The whole thing is not me.

You've got to think outside the box. If you can't, that's going to put you behind the power curve in a big way.