Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

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

Science literacy is an important part of what it is to be an informed citizen of society.

For the mind disturbed the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm.

I [prefer] a short life with width to a narrow one with length.

Those who do not look upon themselves as a link, connecting the past with the future, do not perform their duty to the world.

Advice is like castor oil — easy enough to give but dreadful hard to take.

As a sensitive and highly intuitive person in the command-and-control corporate world, I always felt miscast.

I think I can try the film world out for a while.

To me, the future is personalization .

There is always a choice about the way you do your work even if there is not a choice about the work itself.

Part of history is facts. The other part is what we find easier to believe.