It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

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

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness