There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.

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.

Laughter is just like champagne -- only without the headache afterwards.

I have always wanted to deal with everyone I meet candidly and honestly. If I have made any assertion not warranted by facts, and it is pointed out to me, I will withdraw it cheerfully.

No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them.

The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.

You don't remove the evil in a person by killing the person.

The person who gives selflessly in this lifetime immediately goes into a better state of mind. That is instant karma.

The sand-castle virtues are all swept away in the tidal destruction, the moral melee.

In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle.

It's not enough simply to record the way people actually talk. The dialogue must be concentrated, shaped, dramatically moving, in a way that real-life conversation seldom is.

Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.