Happiness is not mostly pleasure, it is mostly victory.

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it, by vigorously willing to have it ... Peace is a consciousness of springs too deep for earthly droughts to dry up. Peace is the gift not of volitional struggle but of spiritual hospitality.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.

Every failure can be considered as a tragedy or a chance to learn something. The latter is healthier

No virtue is more universally accepted as a test of good character than trustworthiness .