Be content to seem what you really are.

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.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Going to sleep is an adventure: you never know where your dreams will take you.

Whatever may happen, it must be of new hope or of new courage to me!

Anything that needlessly robs you of your time, energy, and other precious resources is destructive to you and your leadership.

Had anyone told me that I was going to have a career in business, I would have said, 'No way.'

If you aren’t even aware that the people in the organization disagree with you, then you are in trouble

English is not the primary language for universities in China, Korea, and Japan, but they are being evaluated on the basis of publications in English and courses taught in English.

Writing has made me a better man. It has put me in contact with those fleeting moments which prove the existence.

...a metaphor that works in one society may seem preposterous in another.

What do we know but that we face one another in this place?