The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.

Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

If you can change your mind, you can change your life.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.

Real servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.

At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives forever, for the better.

In truth, I was so good at being a man, with such plenitude and simplicity, that I thought I was something of a superman.

All living things on earth are kindred.

Take chaotic mathematics, for instance. The universe is chaos. But chaos is whimping out. There is no chaos. There are just different levels of order in the universe.

There are roles that you chase sometimes.

Mulligan: invented by an Irishman who wanted to hit one more twenty yard grounder.

I'm fond of implied narratives, oblique angles, and leaving a little room for the viewer to finish a picture.

I truly believe that we are here to bless and prosper, each other.

Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away.

Since the beginning of recorded history, the business of government has been wealth confiscation.