Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Renown and repose do not go together.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.