Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.