Don't you have much more faith in ideas that you discover for yourself than in ideas that are handed to you on a silver platter?

Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

Don't ask a man what is important to him. Watch how he spends his time

This is a hurried age we're living in. If you've got anything to say, say it quickly, get to the point and stop, and give the other man a chance to talk.

All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's remember: Don't try to saw sawdust.

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.