I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself.

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

You have enough people against you… be for yourself.

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

Whatever that means, however you got on that mountain, why not try to climb it? And do it in your own way.

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.

I’ve never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.

I’m not the most patient of people.

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

I don’t want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy.

It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something’s not good enough, and I won’t stop until I feel like I’ve made it. I’m never satisfied.

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you’ve blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

Reality is a sliding door.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.

Only the insecure strive for security.

People will try to bring you down, but you gotta go up.

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

It’s not fun to get out of bed early in the morning. When the alarm goes off, it doesn’t sing you a song: it hits you in the head with a baseball bat. So how do you respond to that? Do you crawl underneath your covers and hide? Or do you get up, get aggressive, and attack the day?

I have only one counsel for you – be master.

To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one’s being added to that being.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

I think I’m pretty smart. I think I’m pretty clever. But there’s a lot that you hone in on when you finish your education.

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men’s imperfections, and conceal your own.

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one’s death, one dies one’s life.

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

I’m not happy all the time, and I wouldn’t want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.

I tried acting, liked it, and stuck with it. I saw it as the way I would keep that promise to myself of getting back at those who had made my school life a misery.

I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you’re grateful, you’ll see God open up new doors.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can’t get bitter, we can’t get jaded.

There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will’s freedom after it.

You know, not to sound corny or nuthin‘, but I felt like a fighter comin‘ up, man. I felt like, you know, I’m being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I’ve already made them.