Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

Values are related to our emotions, just as we practice physical hygiene to preserve our physical health, we need to observe emotional hygiene to preserve a healthy mind and attitudes.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance.

You must try to observe yourself more and more objectively, to look at everything in yourself as though another person.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.

Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.

A problem well-put is half-solved.