Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.

I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.

Success is the most natural thing in the world. The person who does not succeed has placed himself in opposition to the laws of the Universe.

Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.

Pessimist: One who has been intimately acquainted with an Optimist.

The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.

Growth is often a painful process.