Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.

Happiness is a form of courage.

Books worth reading are worth re-reading.

Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge.

Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.

Genius is initiative on fire.

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.

Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.

Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.

Originality is only variation.

There are only two classes in society: those who get more than they earn, and those who earn more than they get.

Two imbecile parents, whether related or not, have only imbecile offspring.

Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world

The Christian "doctrines" are translations into our concepts and ideas of that which God has already expressed in language more adequate, namely the actual incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection

Today's young women don't really see inequities until they go out into the real world.

Why is it that we are born remembering, and live forgetting?

I think I was about 30 before I realized that not every family talks about the presentment clause on a regular basis.

Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me over.

Leadership is learned, earned, and discerned. You develop it. It's based on trust and credibility. Others see it in you. You can't demand it.

I was brought up in the Christian church and I studied in the teachings of Jesus. I believed in caring for others and trying to be kind. It's something I still have to work on every day.

No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.