There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.

Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion.

Act as if it were impossible to fail.

By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.

A problem is often half-solved when it is clearly stated.

The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.

Act boldly and unforeseen forces will come to your aid.

If you can discover what you like, if you can discover what you truly believe about most of the major matters of life, you will be able to write a story which is honest and original and unique.

Hitch your unconscious mind to your writing arm.

Writing calls on unused muscles and involves solitude and immobility.

Most writers flourish greatly on a simple, healthy routine with occasional time off for gaiety.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.

When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself

My own attitude to the innumerable injustices of life has always been a philosophical one, especially when they have tended to operate in my favour.

Caring about the happiness of others, we find our own.

I don't think Kant's approach to religion is any longer viable in its original form. But that does not mean it is simply wrong or that we cannot learn from it.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

I don't care what you think of social media, and I don't care what you think of the people that comment .

All men desire their own perfect adjustment, but they desire it, being finite men, on their own terms.

No economic, political or military power can compare with the power of a change of mind