No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.

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

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

If you can change your mind, you can change your life.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.

Real servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.

The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it's no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won't come.

The size of your audience is more important than the size of your book

Make it a point to do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

Where the myth fails, human love begins. Then we love a human being, not our dream, but a human being with flaws.

Drink deeply. Live in serenity and joy.

The conquest of space is worth the risk of life.

If I have a talent, it's already been exploited! I've shown everything I can do to the public.

People as old and powerful as he should never be given someone to love. For Anna he would destroy the world.

The great white cold walks abroad!

time never stops, but does it end? and how many livesbefore take-off, before we find ourselves beyond ourselves, all glam-glow, all twinkle and gold?