When you are offended at anyone's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. By attending to them, you will forget your anger and learn to live wisely.

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.

Love is forever. If it wasn't, it wouldn't be love. The world is beautiful. If it wasn't, it wouldn't be the world.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Good night, belovedest. Your sleep will be sweet if there is any influences in the wishes of your own.

It's always better to go personal and painful than to go big.

For every dream that you have, your week needs to match that dream.

The true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note.

You can't learn techniques and then try to become a painter. Techniques are a result.

My own journey started long before I left, and was over before I returned.

There's a tradition of reenactment in documentary which is about sort of illustrating what the past might have been like.

Johnny almost grinned as he nodded. "Tuff enough," he managed, and by the way his eyes were glowing, I figured Southern gentlemen had nothing on Johnny Cade.