Philosophy — lines worth keeping

You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.

Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness.

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

That life — whatever else it is — is short. That fate is cruel but maybe not random.

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.

Which would be worse, to live as a monster or to die as a good man?

The heaviest of burdens is therefore simultaneously an image of life's most intense fulfillment.