Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to and fro.

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.

...what is romance, but a mutual pact of delusion? When the pact ends, there's nothing left.

I meditated on my childhood, vague and distant before high school, where Laura still flickered only on the edge of things.

It is never wise to run any race but your own.

Having spent the better part of my life trying either to relive the past or experience the future before it arrives I have come to believe that in between these two extremes is peace.

The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity.

Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.

At home, I hardly ever leave London. I don't like the countryside in England.

What readers ask nowadays in a book is that it should improve, instruct, and elevate. This book wouldn't elevate a cow.

I taught high school English for 24 years. I always teach my students to appreciate the beauty of language and to write poetically.

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