Body. Soul. Mind. Sensations: the body. Desires: the soul. Reasoning: the mind.

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.

You choose who gets your attention, and you don’t have to give it to anyone who makes you feel like crap. Period.

...the making of stories is only one part of my craft -mainly, I'm a heart whisperer...

One may conceive light to spread successively, by spherical waves.

I adore dogs to the extent I think they are much more important than human beings. I like your dog much more than I like you.

What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.

Greatness is defined by someone who is not simply awesome and wonderful in the sport they compete in but goes beyond that and is great in whatever they do off the track or off the court.

Life is too short to sleep it all away!

Although I'm not Christian, I was raised Christian. I'm an atheist, with a slight Buddhist leaning. I've got a very strong sense of morality.

I should get a manicure more often.

This is the time that I really miss being in my courtroom because I believe that that's the last place in this country where there's supposed to be fairness.