James Allen·1903·Ilfracombe, EnglandAll that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.
Marcus Aurelius·170 AD·CarnuntumThe happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
James Allen·1903·Ilfracombe, EnglandA man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
Epictetus·135 ADMen are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.
Marcus Aurelius·180 ADExternal things are not the problem. It's your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now.
Thich Nhat Hanh·2006The present moment contains past and future. The secret of transformation, is in the way we handle this very moment.
Confucius·5th century BC·Qufu, ChinaIf a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
Carl Jung·1951Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
Epictetus·135 ADIn a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of our doing or not doing any action, but our inward opinions and principles.
William Osler·1897When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances fit in with them.
Marcus Aurelius·170 AD·CarnuntumVery little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.