To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is
to argue disbelief in the dignity read more

To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is
to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

It is easier to fight for our principles than it is to live up to them.

It is easier to fight for our principles than it is to live up to them.

The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to
reflect alone upon what read more

The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to
reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own
opinions, and value others' that deserve it.

Before you can see the light, you have to deal with the darkness.

Before you can see the light, you have to deal with the darkness.

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.

The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, read more

The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your faculties and powers become directed to that end.

If you forget you have to struggle for improvement you go backward.

If you forget you have to struggle for improvement you go backward.

Writing is easy. All you have to do is stare at a blank sheet of paper
until drops of blood read more

Writing is easy. All you have to do is stare at a blank sheet of paper
until drops of blood form on your forehead.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.