I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends
far more on the way we meet read more

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends
far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those
events themselvers.

Desire, like the atom, is explosive with creative force.

Desire, like the atom, is explosive with creative force.

When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it
yet.

When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it
yet.

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.

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not
change their minds are incompetents in asylums who read more

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not
change their minds are incompetents in asylums who can't and those in
cemeteries.

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if
he is to be ultimately at read more

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if
he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

We make a vessel from a lump of clay; It is the space inside the vessel that makes it useful. read more

We make a vessel from a lump of clay; It is the space inside the vessel that makes it useful. ... Thus, while the tangible has advantages, It is the intangible that makes it useful.

To think is to practice brain chemistry.

To think is to practice brain chemistry.

A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out
to accomplish it. He should make read more

A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out
to accomplish it. He should make this purpose the centralizing point of
his thoughts. It may take the form of a spiritual ideal, or it may be a
worldly object, according to his nature at the time being; but whichever
it is, he should steadily focus his thought forces upon the object which
he has set before him. He should make this purpose his supreme duty, and
should devote himself to its attainment, not allowing his thoughts to
wander away into ephemeral fancies, longings, and imaginings. This is the
royal road to self-control and true concentration of thought. Even if he
fails again and again to accomplish his purpose (as he necessarily must
until weakness is overcome), the strength of character gained will be the
measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for
future power and triumph.