When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your defining characteristic-what defines a human being-is to work with others.

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.

In any case, muffins that are only imaginary aren't liable to get stuck.

This must be a gift book. That is to say a book, which you wouldn't take on any other terms.

The biggest challenge is how you get money for independent films, in these ever-changing times when most people don't really want to invest in that anymore.

We're in a decaying culture now. Naturally, the young people in the culture are going to feel themselves to be products of the decay.

Risk is what you make of it.

Football is not a game for the weak of heart, because every day you've got a hundred reasons to take all those pads off and say, 'F-k it.'

It truly is the power that you have deep within yourself that gives you the strength to pursue your dreams.

We better take care of the earth or we're gonna have shitty food, and having shitty food is no fun.

The Mexican...is familiar with death. [He] jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it. It is one of his favorite toys and his most steadfast love.

When the heart is right, "for" and "against" are forgotten.