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Constancy is the foundation of virtue.

Who so regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind. .

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.

The highest stage in moral culture at which we can arrive is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be...The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.

If we were to ask the brain how it would like to be treated, whether shaken at a random, irregular rate, or in a rhythmic, harmonious fashion, we can be sure that the brain, or for that matter the whole body, would prefer the latter.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find,- nothing.

Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.

Initially I wanted to be Muhammad Ali. But then I got into a fight and I got my butt kicked, so I figured I could choose something else.

No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit.

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

The wise learn many things from their foes.

The envious only hate the excellence they cannot reach.

As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher.