Life is a movement outward, an unfolding.

To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

Truth lies at the end of a circle.

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.

Simply be filled with the thought of good, and it will radiate — you do not have to bother about it, any more than you need trouble about your digestion.

Babies are the dice of destiny.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do.

It's a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

Life consists in molting our illusions. We form creeds today only to throw them away tomorrow. The eagle molts a feather because he is growing a better one.

The man who is so run down that he needs a vacation can never adjust or reform himself in two weeks. What he really needs is to re-transform his life.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy to be called an idea at all.

The Church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.

Enjoy what you have, work for what you lack.

Too many people nowadays know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

Art is not a thing separate and apart; art is only the beautiful way of doing things.

Think twice before you speak and then talk to yourself.

Nothing unmasks a man like his use of power..

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.

To subjugate another is to subjugate yourself.

Science is simply the classification of the common knowledge of the common people. It is bringing together the things we all know and putting them together so we can use them. This is creation and finds its analogy in Nature, where the elements are combined in certain ways to give us fruits or flowers or grain.

Theology is classified superstition.

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.

Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.