The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

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

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.