If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask!

Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.

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

Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the lord. Be positive.

When a person can't find a deep meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.

The way you habitually think will determine your destiny.

Hold every moment sacred. Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each its true and due fulfillment.

Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity.

We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.

Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults in the first.

Vigor is found in the man who has not yet grown old, and discretion in the man who is not too young.

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts, of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that setbacks and griefs which endure help us in our march forward.

The things which . . . are esteemed as the greatest good of all . . . can be reduced to these three headings: to wit, Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With these three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.

Pain is certain, suffering is optional.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not everyone's greed.

Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

The positive thinker see the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieve the impossible.

What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.