In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.

We all have a lifelong habit of inferiority to our full self..."

A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.

An impression which simply flows in at the pupil's eyes or ears and in no way modifies his active life, is an impression gone to waste. It is physiologically incomplete... Its motor consequences are what clinch it.

Belief is desecrated when given to unproved and unquestioned statements for the solace and private pleasure of the believer . . . It is wrong always, everywhere, and for every one, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

Formula to live your dream: 1. Be bold. 2. Begin now, 3. No exceptions.

Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake. Our fires are damped, our drafts are checked. We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental and physical resources.