A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.

If you call one thing good, you must call its opposite bad. If you think it wonderful to make a big profit in your business, you will also think it terrible if you incur a large loss. The idea is to live above the opposites.

A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.

If heaven existed as a physical building on earth, human beings would remodel it to make it right.

Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives

You see everything depends upon the psychological headquarters from which we live. 'Where am I living from?' Ask yourself that question. If you don't like your headquarters, you can move any time you like. Break away. Don't tell anyone about it. Others will either smile tolerantly or mouth sanctimonious babble. Make your escape plans in secret. Never mind if you lose certain friends, you will find others who also have dared. They will be ten-thousand times more valuable to you.