It were well to die if there be gods, and sad to live if there be none.

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 Believe...on this road of lifeon this dayI take younow husband and wife...

Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.

You can't suppress Bodily Functions

A musician should only sound like what they do, and no two musicians sound the same. It's an individual-feel thing, you know?

No problem is too big it can't be run away from

Prayer is the only means of bringing about orderliness and peace and repose in our daily acts.

When you think about the person responsible for creating the character and the dialogue, Bill Monahan, who's a Boston guy, obviously, his words roll off my tongue quite nicely.

The time will come when mankind will begin to get away from the consciousness of needing so many material things. More security and peace will be found in the simple life.

I take really good care of myself. I promised myself long ago that I would never miss a hunting season, never poison my sacred temple with drugs, alcohol, tobacco or bad food.

She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close.