It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free.

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

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

No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

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.

Friends are necessary to a happy life. When friendship deserts us, we are as helpless as a ship left by the tide high upon the shore. When friendship returns to us, it's as though the tide came back, giving us buoyancy and freedom.

[L]ife ceases to be a fraction and becomes an integer.