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

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.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

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

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.