The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
No pressure, no diamonds.
Let each become all that he was created capable of being.
Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
Every noble work is at first impossible.
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.
He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance – the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.
Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.
Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin.
Thought, true labor of any kind, highest virtue itself, is it not the daughter of Pain?
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don’t happen at all.
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
I don’t pretend to understand the Universe – it’s a great deal bigger than I am.
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.