To the rational being only the irrational is unendurable, but the rational is endurable.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well

My mission is to make the external God of human society obsolete in front of humanity’s internal Godliness.

Real optimism is not the pep talk you give yourself. It is earned through the labor involved in emotional housekeeping.

Yes, I'm going to be the President of the United States. You know why? You think you can get chicks by being in the movies? You can really get chicks by being the President.

My pictures are about getting as far away from reality as possible. Dreams should be part of our everyday life.

There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.

If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.

In Oxford before the war, I had, with this interest in mind, written a short textbook entitled, An Introduction to Economic Analysis and Policy. It was now my intention to rewrite this work.

The love of popularity holds you in a vice.

Politics, they all - talked to the insiders.

I'm not a big internet guy - not because I'm not interested in what people have to say, but probably because I'm too interested.