It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.