Step after step the ladder is ascended

You must remember that all work is simply to bring out the power of the mind which is already there to wake up the soul.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.