To get or not to get what we desire can be equally disappointing.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well

This is a good place, " he said."There's a lot of liquor, " I agreed.

Creativity is fluid, like the fountainhead from within you, flowing out.

In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.

Where your flesh is in front, your future is behind.

When I listen to music, I don't want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction.

Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere.

I believe that UNICEF is the most important branch of the U.N.; they do exceptional work to help the neediest children around the world

She would have liked to sit upon a rock and listen to words, not of any man, but detached, mysterious, poetic words that she alone would interpret through some sense inherited from sleep.

A judicial activist is a judge who interprets the Constitution to mean what it would have said if he, instead of the Founding Fathers, had written it.

President Bush, have a hot dog with me.