The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction.

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail.

Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.

These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously. Only a trifle, a little turn of the rudder, and the ship goes to heaven or hell.

In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum.

Discord occasions a momentary distress to the ear, which remains unsatisfied, and even uneasy, until it hears something better.

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

Egotism is nature's compensation for mediocrity.

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.

Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.

To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully.

The live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart.

Hell has no exits.Heaven needs none.

Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.

You are within God. God is within you.

Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109 Those blessed ones of thine... shall rejoice according as they shall love; and they shall love according as they shall know. How far they will know thee, Lord, then! and how much they will love thee!

Feast of John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher, 407 We assemble not in the church to pass away the time, but to gain some great benefit for our souls. If therefore we depart without profit, our zeal in frequenting the church will prove our condemnation. That so great a judgment comes not upon you, when ye go hence ponder the things ye have heard, and exercise yourselves in confirming our instruction -- friend with friend, fathers with their children, masters with their slaves -- so that, when ye return hither and hear from us the same counsels, ye may not be ashamed, but rejoice and be glad in the conviction that ye have put into practice the greater part of our exhortation. Not only must we meditate upon these things here -- for this short exhortation sufficeth not to eradicate the evil -- but at home let the husband be reminded of them by the wife, and the wife by the husband, and let an emulation obtain in families to the fulfilment of the divine law.

Never express yourself more clearly than you think.