The most gifted members of the human species are at their creative best when they cannot have their way, and read more

The most gifted members of the human species are at their creative best when they cannot have their way, and must compensate for what they miss by realizing and cultivating their capacities and talents.

Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. read more

Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.

Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven.

Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven.

I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property.

I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property.

Brain-washing starts in the cradle.

Brain-washing starts in the cradle.

Insanity -- a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.

Insanity -- a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.

Science does not give us absolute and final certainty. It only gives us assurance within the limits of our mental read more

Science does not give us absolute and final certainty. It only gives us assurance within the limits of our mental abilities and the prevailing state of scientific thought.

There is only one step from fanaticism to barbarism.

There is only one step from fanaticism to barbarism.