By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.

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.

Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?

They were on their way to Canaan

I find that low protein diets often contribute to improvement in patients with immune system problems ... In fact, it would be hard to become deficient in protein in our country even if you tried.

If homosexuality were normal, God would have created Adam and Bruce.

If you think you can or cannot accomplish a task, you will be correct in either case.

Luck's just another word for destiny... either you make your own or you're screwed.

Making an album can be like being pregnant: you want to pop that thing out and show everybody!

I want to be a part of something, and when we define movies now based on how they do on the weekend. We live in a society of "thumbs up, thumbs down."

My life and work are not separate. I just have more roles than other people. And I have photographs.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.