We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.