Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

Resist much. Obey little.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

I think, therefore I am.

If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

A man is literally what he thinks.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

Criticize the act, not the person.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.