By indignities men come to dignities.
Do or do not. There is no try.
They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.
I have not become the Kings First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.
The reason why men do not obey us is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
Practice is this life, and realization is this life, and this life is revealed right here and now.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength. True power is within and available to you now.
Have a care, therefore, where there is more sail than ballast.
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
Raphael paints wisdom; Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it.
For disappointments, that come not by our own folly, they are the trials or corrections of Heaven: and it is our own fault, if they prove not our advantage.
Wit and Humor – if any difference, it is in duration – lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is vivid, and can do damage – the other fools along and enjoys elaboration.
The reward of one’s duty is the power to fulfill another.
They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.
Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.
We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.
And deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny.
We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
The bluebird carries the sky on his back.
You will find only what you bring in.
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
