The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

I am only a philosopher, and there is only one thing that a philosopher can be relied on to do, and that is, to contradict other philosophers.

Serious development of the personality begins at the closet door.

We believe as much as we can. We would believe everything if we could.

Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world's life

Habit is the great flywheel of society.

Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.