There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

The ultimate measured a man is not where he stands in marents of comfort, but whre he stands at times of challenge & contraversy.

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

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.