What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition!

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.

Like soil, the quality of your mind decides the quality and quantity of ideas your mind can produce.

The clear light of science teaches us that we must be our own saviors, if we are to be found worth saving.

You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard.

The pursuit of purity is not about the suppression of lust, but about the reorientation of one's life to a larger goal.

A thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety nine retreat; That is progress.

I am 1,000 percent a Steelers fan.

I like dramas. I've always liked dramas. And I'm a pretty light person. I don't consider myself a very dramatic person. But I do like doing that onscreen.

You use a different part of your heart with girls.

To me, heaven is a real place. I don't believe it's a state of being.

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to.