Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Don't be took quick to belive anything you read.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.