Mark Twain

When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend.

One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge.

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.

Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.

Warm summer sun, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here. Green sod above, lie light, lie light. Good night, dear Heart, Good night, good night.

Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a Congressman can.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

If your neighbor has a completely different view on abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, all of those things, you still are both Americans. Neither one of you is necessarily more patriotic than the other. Neither loves their country any more than the other one does.

Seeing things that are bothering you written down takes away their power. It gives you a perspective. Helps you contain them.

If you don’t have a plan, days turn into weeks, weeks turn into months, months turn into years, and before you know it you’re looking back saying, I should’ve had a plan.

I’m doing it because I choose it. And if it’s not working, I can make a change.

When you make changes in your life, make sure you’re moving toward the things you want.

No, I’m not anguished and tormented.

Youth should not be slandered. Boy nature and girl nature are less repressed and therefore more wholesome today than before. If they at times seem unimpressed by their elders, it is probably because we make a matter of authority what should be a matter of conference. These young people are new people sent to this scene by Destiny to take our places. They come with new visions to fulfill, new powers to exploit.

When I was practicing psychology, I used to tell myself if I ever get to where I’m just doing this for the money or I’m just going through the motions, I’ll quit.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.

When you once get an idea in which you believe with all your heart, work it out.

We want to have something of everything-we have types of every sort of wagon and carriage ever used in this country, from the covered wagon of the pioneer to the last style of buggy. We have nearly every type of agricultural instrument, every type of musical instrument, we have all kinds and sorts of furniture and household effects. One of these days the collection will have its own museum at Dearborn, and there we shall reproduce the life of the country in its every age.

I have dined with kings, I’ve been offered wings. And I’ve never been too impressed.