We can't search or attain well being, wealth, studying, justice or kindness usually. Action is all the time particular, concrete, individualized, distinctive.

It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.

You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; otherwise, you won't be able to sell anything.

My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.

One man is as good as another until he has written a book.