A man's happiness,-to do the things proper to man.

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.

Outlines are the last resource of bad fiction writers who wish to God they were writing masters' theses.

Art is too often discounted as a secondary priority. The writer is necessary to society.

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.

A car is thirty thousand parts you're putting together.

notes fly so much farther than words. There is no other way to reach the infinite.

It's so graceless, being a martyr. It's honoring your adversaries too much.

When happiness becomes our standard for judging truth, things that make us happy give us permission to do some things that otherwise would be considered wrong.

The good opinion of the vulgar is injurious.

I need one of those baby monitors from my subconscious to my consciousness so I can know what the hell I'm really thinking about.

I'm not the worlds biggest remake guy, meaning finding titles and saying, "Hey it's got some brand awareness, let's just make a movie."