Whatever any one does or says, I must be good; just as if the emerald were always saying this: "Whatever any one does or says, I must still be emerald, and keep my color.

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.

Two broken people don't make a whole! Without U, there is no us! Lord, I'm so thankful that U r the U in us!

Life is a journey, a ride of endless means and emotions.

A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t.

A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.

The only fear is fear itself, so get rid of it.

Twitter is very impulsive and impermanent and you only have 140 characters. There is no greater 'Emperor' of Twitter than Stephen Fry.

Today most funding for science comes through government. That means that you have to be known to be sympathetic to conclusions that are acceptable to the political classes.

There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.

We all have our fears, our insecurities. I'm not different from anyone else.

It seemed to me that people do a rather good job of creating levels of hell all by themselves, and this was something worth writing about.