A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

James Allen

Today's Picks

Let the guarantee of free speech be in every man's determination to use it, and we shall have no need of paper declarations.

Voltairine de Cleyre

You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!

Dr. Seuss

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

Neil Young

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

Helen Keller

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude

Dale Carnegie

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Albert Schweitzer

The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry, and they imagine to themselves that the reason of their unhappiness will be removed when they are married. When it isn't they blame the other person, which is clearly absurd. I believe that is what generally starts the trouble.

Nancy Mitford

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.

Isaac Newton

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Confucius

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you

Dale Carnegie

Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

C. S. Lewis

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Socrates

It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.

Adolf Hitler

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

Patrick Swayze

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude

Aldous Huxley

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

Democritus

Desire is the very essence of man.

Baruch Spinoza

The lady's not for turning.

Margaret Thatcher

Cocaine is God's way of saying you're making too much money.

Robin Williams

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Maya Angelou

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.

Wayne Dyer