Courage is one step ahead of fear.

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything -- or nothing.

Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.

We adore chaos because we love to produce order.

All the problems of the world could be settled if people were only willing to think. The trouble is that people very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.

The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

The art of being yourself at your best is the art of unfolding your personality into the person you want to be. . . . Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others.