Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

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

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.