If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

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