“Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.”

“The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.”

“Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the progress of technology has led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power.”

“I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest.”

“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”

“Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.”

“When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it. It is not the things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance. Things and people are not what we wish them to be nor are they what they seem to be. They are what they are.”