The genius keeps all his days the vividness and intensity of interest that a sensitive child feels in his expanding world.

it is the sum of small things successfully done that lifts a life out of bondage to the humdrum.

The worst effect of party is its tendency to generate narrow, false, and illiberal prejudices, by teaching the adherents of one party to regard those that belong to an opposing party as unworthy of confidence.

There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.

Writing calls on unused muscles and involves solitude and immobility.

Most writers flourish greatly on a simple, healthy routine with occasional time off for gaiety.