Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

We are mere bundles of habits.

When two minds of a high order, interested in kindred subjects, come together, their conversation is chiefly remarkable for the summariness of its allusions and the rapidity of its transitions. Before one of them is half through a sentence the other knows his meaning and replies. ... His mental lungs breathe more deeply, in an atmosphere more broad and vast.

Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.

Owing to the fact that all experience is a process, no point of view can ever be the last one

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