Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit.
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.
Genius in truth means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.
When you have to make a choice and don't make it that is in itself a choice.
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.
The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.
If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.
The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequence of any misfortune.
A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
Individuality outruns all classification, yet we insist on classifying every one we meet under some general head.
Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us our hour of triumph is what brings the void.