Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives read more

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.

Quit now, you'll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you'll
be halfway there.

Quit now, you'll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you'll
be halfway there.

Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere
nearby.

Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere
nearby.

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the read more

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times read more

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was
not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the read more

I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the mire and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amid the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail.

Remember, the quality of your life is dependent upon the quality of the
life of your cells. If the bloodstream read more

Remember, the quality of your life is dependent upon the quality of the
life of your cells. If the bloodstream is filled with waste products, the
resulting environment does not promote a strong, vibrant, healthy cell
life-nor a biochemistry capable of creating a balanced emotional life for
an individual.

When you are lacking in faith, Others will be unfaithful to you.

When you are lacking in faith, Others will be unfaithful to you.