We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.
Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process.
If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events.
It is difficulties that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic trainer, has pitted you against a rough antagonist. For what end? That you may be an Olympic conqueror; and this cannot be without toil.