Happiness, happiness ... the flavor is with you-with you alone, and you can make it as intoxicating as you please.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted

Recognize, manage and master your beliefs. They aren’t genetic. They are choices. Choose ones that serve you.

I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds.

Before you begin, sit for a moment and take a couple of deep breaths. You want to be calm and prepared to maintain mental focus

You are living in a time when opportunities for self-empowerment, expanded awareness and spiritual growth appear to be unlimited.

We must know the difference between sweat and tears. Sweat is wet. Tears are wet. Sweat is salty. Tears are salty. But progress comes through sweat. Progress never came through tears.

I am influenced by every second of my waking hour.

I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person.

We may take Fancy for a companion, but must follow Reason as our guide.

I'm convinced that some of our greatest and most influential teachers show up in our lives disguised as people we resent or even despise.