In the acquisition of a new habit, or the leaving off of an old one, we must take care to launch ourselves with as strong and decided an initiative as possible.

To spend life for something which outlasts it.

From all these facts there emerges a very simple abstract program for the teacher to follow in keeping the attention of the child: Begin with the line of his native interests, and offer him objects that have some immediate connection with these.

When happiness is actually in possession, the thought of evil can no more acquire the feeling of reality than the thought of good can gain reality when melancholy rules. To the man actively happy, from whatever cause, evil simply cannot then and there be believed in.

If you can change your mind, you can change your life.

It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.