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

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Genius is a long impatience.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

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