Books are the training weights of the mind.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well

My love is the solitaire she wears and it's priceless.

it's more than ok to say no to the people and places that harm your peace.

Why is it that crisis pushes me to my own devices when those devices are frequently the very things that produced my crisis in the first place?

When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God.

I believed in raising my children as I had been raised.

It's a question we all ask ourselves. What have we done lately? It rattles us each birthday.

Silence is a virtue in those who are deficient in understanding.

Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall draw.

I think after you live it's like before you lived.

Time is a part of eternity, and of the same piece with it.