Tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind.

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.

He scowled at Jason. "And please, I don't like being touched. Don't ever grab me again.

What riches give us let us then inquire: Meat, fire, and clothes. What more? Meat, clothes, and fire. Is this too little?

I know enough now to know I know nothing.

I don’t know what it is that I’m doing, but I’m really enjoying myself. And I’m free to do it as much as I want.

Well, you could become a Southern Baptist. I mean, instead of having to obey the Pope, you could just obey your husband.

I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.

Conversion engages the mind as well as the emotions.

And what importance do I have in the courtroom of oblivion?

The oxygen cycle, the nitrogen cycle, the carbon cycle, the water cycle - all of these are linked to the existence of life in the sea.

Married to the game. If we're dancing with the devil at least teach us how to dance when the son of making dollars.