Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.