Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.

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.

I'd realized that in writing happiness is useless-without suffering there is no story.

The only satisfactory thing about death is that our knowledge about it is unsatisfactory.

Extreme hopes are born of extreme misery, and in such a world hopes could only be irrational.

Like I said, when you have to play against a great player every night, that defines who you are if you can compete on that same level night in and night out.

The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.

As I've gotten older and learned more, I realise that Hollywood has not told the truth.

I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.

Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think.

History is too important to be left to the historians.

An humble soul looks upon Christ's righteousness as his only crown.