There are two classes of men; those who are content to yield to circumstances and who play whist; those who aim to control circumstances, and who play Chess

Hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander.

The true way to render age vigorous is to prolong the youth of the mind.

Life and the Universe show spontaneity;Down with ridiculous notions of Deity!Churches and creeds are lost in the mists;Truth must be sought with the Positivists.

O, to bring back the great Homeric time, The simple manners and the deed sublime: When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate, Through the long furrow drave the ploughshare straight.

Death a friend that alone can bring the peace his treasures cannot purchase, and remove the pain his physicians cannot cure.

There was an ape in the days that were earlier, Centuries passed and his hair became curlier; Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist — Then he was a Man and a Positivist.

Storytelling is not something we do. Storytelling is who we are.

Hope is a gracious expectation.

If you want self-esteem.” “Do estimable acts” ~ V, from A Piece of Cake: Memoir

The greatest vision of sin that a person canever receive is to look at the cross.

Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.

I played for the best coach who ever lived, Henry Iba. I wasn't intimidated by Adolph Rupp.

There is a way beyond this life and beyond death, the path of liberation. In order to be liberated, you have to enter into the world of advanced meditation.

Life doesn't come with an instruction manual for success, so Darren Hardy has written one for you. The Compound Effect shows you how small, smart choices add up to transform your life.

To all our means of culture is added the powerful incentive to personal ambition, no post of honor is so high but the poorest may hope to reach it.

Scorn, at first, makes after-love the more.