To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.