One of the chief things which my typical man has to learn is that the mental faculties are capable of a continuous hard activity; they do not tire like an arm or a leg. All they want is change - not rest, except in sleep.

A sense of the value of time... is an essential preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoiding hurry.

We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going... Concentrate on something useful.

It is only people of small stature who have to stand on their dignity.

The only way to write a great book is to write it with the eyes of a child who sees things for the first time.

Saw Washington Monument. Phallic. Appalling. A national catastrophe.

All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.