Everyman's life lies within the present for the past is spent and done with and the future is uncertain.

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.

Gentle he would be, denied he would not.

Choosing a life of safety is safely choosing something other than life.

When you are seeking love, from the distance, in silence, love is attracting you.

The beauty of a thought is true science fiction.

When other girls were dreaming about love, she dreamt of love too, but in an entirely different context - the ones they took for granted.

By the Angel, this place is barely better than a penny gaff, ” Gideon said. “Gabriel, don’t look at anything unless I tell you it’s all right.

The Invisible is movingSoftly and soothingI feel it insideIt is youIt is my feeling for youI want to give it lifeMy whole life

All aboard for one last trip.

Many useful and valuable books lie buried in shops and libraries, unknown and unexamined, unless some lucky compiler opens them by chance, and finds an easy spoil of wit and learning.

Art has to be severe. It cannot be commercial. It cannot be for the producer or even for the public. It has to be for oneself.