If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.

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.

The power to create lies in the thoughts and words.

One is not necessarily made self-centered because he is foolish, but one is very often made foolish because he is self-centered.

To like and dislike the same things this is what makes a solid friendship.

I want to be good at what I do, obviously, and to do that I need to keep my head straight.

Also there is a similitude of a Trinity shining in the body, soul and spirit.

I'm cautious about a lot of words

Somewhere, something incredible happened in history - the wrong guys won.

It's hard to pull apart empathy from compassion. What is really clear is that we innately care for other people at least to some extent.

I used to worry, 'I've lost my family.' They hated me for a while, but they're very resilient.

I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.