Concentrate . . . for the greatest achievements are reserved for the man of single aim, in whom no rival powers divide the empire of the soul.

This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self-respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a king.

Every experience in life, everything with which we have come in contact in life, is a chisel which has been cutting away at our life statue, molding, modifying, shaping it. We are part of all we have met. Everything we have seen, heard, felt, or thought has had its hand in molding us, shaping us

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.

Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.

The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.