If you think you know what your purpose is, but can never seem to gain satisfaction from it, then it’s probably not the purpose you’re destined for.

People fear what they do not understand.

Always hear others out and remain open-minded the day you think you know everything is the day you have the most yet to learn.

The more a mind thinks upon something, the deeper it will take root and affect all subsequent and related thought.

Most physical battles begin once mental ones have been lost, anyway. Conquer the mind, conquer the body.

The mind thinks upon, processes, and remembers what the senses forget.

The lion does not need the whole world to fear him, only those nearest where he roams.

Like tiny gods, all that we say and do holds a power so great that any one of us in any given moment can be responsible for the birth of a new civilization or the collapse of our own.

No army is comprised of all the same kinds of units or types of troops. There is power in diversity. If you always see only one choice, or use only one option, you will surely lose more than you win.

Always think at least two steps ahead [in everything, with everyone].

[Everything you write is] not simply a collection of words, but a means of influence not to be taken lightly. Let your recipient's emotions be the gondola, and your words, its gondolier.

Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Even if you do not want to, One day you will look back through your life...the Question is, what are you going to see? How will your rate and direction of progress make you feel?

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.

For change to happen in any community, the initiative must come from the individual.

Why should the soul ever repose? God, its Principle, reposes never.

The only thing that matters is that we stand firm.

If you will do what you CAN do, God will do what you CANNOT do.

When I read books it's to escape. It's so I don't have to talk to people.

If you dislike the answers you’re getting from life, try asking better questions.