I rather like the world. The flesh is pleasing and the Devil does not trouble me.
The difference in men does not lie in the size of their hands nor in the perfection of their bodies but in this one sublime ability of concentration: to throw the weight with the blow to live an et...
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary great minds in the commonplace.
There is no devil but fear.
How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.
Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
Whom the gods love die young no matter how long they live.
Some men succeed by what they know some by what they do and a few by what they are.
Souls are made of dawn-stuff and starshine.
Life without absorbing occupation is hell.
We never ask God to forgive anybody except when we haven't.
There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
Mystic: a person who is puzzled before the obvious but who understands the non-existent.
Friend: One who knows all about you and loves you just the same.