Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse.

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.

This wasn't a legalistic play. He simply wanted more and more of God.

Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.

When I lay down the reins of this administration, I want to have one friend left. And that friend is myself.

Acting is the easiest money you'll ever make in your life, and directing is probably the hardest money.

Perfection is lots of little things done well.

The avowed aim of all utopian movements is to put an end to history and to establish a final and permanent calm.

We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.

Every first time founder waits too long, everyone hopes that an employee will turn around. But the right answer is to fire fast.

I will take as a given that, for most people, somewhere between six and seven billion of them, the perfect job is the one that takes the least time.

Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers.