Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

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

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

A man is literally what he thinks.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

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

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.