Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.

I do not like work even when someone else is doing it.

Memories which someday will become all beautiful when the last annoyance that encumbers them shall have faded out of our minds.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. So many look to eradicate fear from their lives, when that is an impossible task. You can certainly experience moments in absence of fear, however accept that fear will be with you whenever you are in the process of living creatively. The challenge is to go ahead regardless, simply notice the feeling and manage being courageous.

What do we call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, forgiveness? Different results of the master impulse, the necessity of securing one's self-approval.