Which Quotes

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned to the simple cave life, with terrific forces at our disposal, which we are clever enough to release, but whose consequences we cannot comprehend.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

A lot of people in spiritual life use the awareness of difference, and the spiritual glorification of difference, as a justification to indulge in that which is ultimately unreal.

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.

I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up.

There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

Find your self-respect now. Don't dumb yourselves down. Think of yourself as capable and worthy of finding a guy who is going to respect you, too. It's so important, I mean, and the confidence you get from feeling smart and tackling something like mathematics, which is a challenge, right? Math is hard.

Well, you know, a lot of people look at the negative things, the things that they did wrong and - which I do. But I like to stress on the things I did right, because there are certain things that I like to look at from a positive standpoint that are just positive reinforcement.

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.

Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the blame.

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.

For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.

The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.

Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.