Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

The greatest prayer is patience.