“In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.”

Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

The best revenge is not to do as they do.

Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.

The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.

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

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

You always own the option of having no opinion.

Mere unorthodoxy or dissent from the prevailing mores is not to be condemned. The absence of such voices would be a symptom of grave illness to our society.

While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap.

In the absence of you I look to the moon and pray that the stars light my way, too.

Absence was always your best side.

How great love is, presence best trial makes, But absence tries how long this love will be.

MY REGRETS ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE I COULDN’T SAVE—Marines, soldiers, my buddies. I still feel their loss. I still ache for my failure to protect them.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

I will minimize your place in my life till your absence is no longer an issue.