A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

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

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.