The real "haves" are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing and applying their potentialities. On the other hand, the real "have nots" are they who cannot have aught except by depriving others of it. They can feel free only by diminishing the freedom of others, self-confident by spreading fear and dependence among others, and rich by making others poor.

It is to escape the responsibility for failure that the weak so eagerly throw themselves into grandiose undertakings.

Nature attains perfection, but man never does.

EVERY intense desire is perhaps basically a desire to be different from what we are.

When we do not do the one thing we ought to do, we have no time for anything else - we are the busiest people in the world.

There is a time when the word "eventually" has the soothing effect of a promise, and a time when the word evokes in us bitterness and scorn.

To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint.