Whatever you think about and talk about, eventually comes about.

There's no such thing as chance; and what to us seems merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

My own art is a negation of society, an affirmation of the individual, outside all rules and demands of society.

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

Let us affirm what seems to be the truth, that, whether one is or is not, one and the others in relation to themselves and one another, all of them, in every way, are and are not, and appear to be and appear not to be.

When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

The heart's earnest and pure desire is always fulfilled.

I had long since taught myself to follow the inner voice. I delighted in submitting to it. To act against it would be difficult and painful to me.

Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to that point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, one hundred.

Man is a social animal.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

Born, n. a person who talks when you wish him to listen.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.

He who has so little knowledge of human natures as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

Much of the evil in the world is due to the fact that man in general is hopelessly unconscious.

Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.