None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

The comforter's head never aches.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience