He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

My books are like water those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.