James Allen·1903·Ilfracombe, EnglandA man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
James Allen·1903You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
Marcus Aurelius·170 AD·CarnuntumThe happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
Marcus Aurelius·180 ADExternal things are not the problem. It's your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now.
Marcus Aurelius·171 AD·AquincumYou have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Epictetus·135 ADMen are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.
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.
Marcus Aurelius·170 AD·CarnuntumVery little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
Rainer Maria Rilke·1903If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.
Ralph Waldo Emerson·1841·ConcordWhat lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.