To bring one's self to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require plain read more

To bring one's self to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require plain hard work continuously is the one big battle that everyone has. When this battle is won for all time, then everything is easy.

All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room
alone.

All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room
alone.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert
integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers,
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Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert
integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers,
the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.

When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will
be clean.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will
be clean.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.

Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.