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.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

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

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.