The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.

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.

A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.

True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.