When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.

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

Love is about heartbreak, If you think it’s fulfillment, happiness, satisfaction, union, it's even more heartbreak.

The cost of leadership is self-interest.

MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive.

And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure.

Death has been here and where death has been no light shall ever be .

To ensure assimilation we want to ensure that it works. Assimilation, an important word. Integration and upward mobility.

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.

People think that I'm really untouchable, and that's also translated into a lot of people thinking that I'm super-ungrateful.

One man thinks before he acts. Another man thinks after he acts. Each is of the opinon that the other thinks too much.

I was a nut for Dostoevsky. You can tell a lot from what people read between those ages. My brother was a Steinbeck freak and now he lives in a little village in New Hampshire and he's a baker.