Real happiness consists of harmony between all the parts of your nature, such as feelings harmonizing with words, or thoughts harmonizing with actions.

No action is more fascinating than the action of self-transformation. Nothing on earth can compare with its drama or value.

It is a thousand times more sensible to climb one foot up the mountainside than to chatter for years about the mountaintop.

The need to impress others causes half the world's woes. Don't add to them. Be real, not impressive.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will.

Do not resist a new idea. Be quietly receptive. Go along with it, even unwillingly at first. Sooner or later, it will reveal itself as your ally.

It is not the strong who are dangerous to the world and to themselves. It is the weak and the inadequate who threaten - and sometimes destroy - mankind's peace and prosperity.

What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest.

Your friends will be as careless with your life as they are with their own.

Make it absolutely clear to yourself what you want from other people. That is really half the secret for drawing your desire to you in the shortest possible time and with the least amount of effort.