Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!