Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.