Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.

Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.

We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.

The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness. The remarkable thing is that the cessation of the inner dialogue marks also the end of our concern with the world around us. It is as if we noted the world and think about it only when we have to report it to ourselves.

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts.

Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident.

Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.