Life is a compromise between fate and free will.
God — the John Doe of philosophy and religion.
The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
Do you say that religion is still needed? Then I answer that Work, Study, Health and Love constitute religion. . . . Most formal religions have pronounced the love of man for woman and woman for man an evil thing. . . . They have said that sickness was sent from God. . . . Now we deny it all, and again proclaim that these will bring you all the good there is: Health, Work, Study - Love!
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
Library: A place where the dead lie.
We are not punished for our sins, but by them.
Perfume: any smell that is used to drown a worse one.
I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life's luggage.
Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.
Football: A sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.
Would you make men better - set them an example. The millenium will never come until governments cease from governing, and the meddler is at rest.
The secret of salvation is this: keep sweet, be useful, and keep busy.
Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.
Organized religion, being founded on superstition, is, perforce, not scientific. And all that which is not scientific - that is, truthful - must be bolstered up by force, fear and falsehood. Thus we always find slavery and organized religion going hand in hand.
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
The art of winning in business is in working hard - not taking things too seriously.
The poor and ignorant will continue to lie and steal as long as the rich and educated show them how.
The average man believes a thing first, and then searches for proof to bolster his opinion
Success - To rise from the illusion of pursuit to the disillusion of possession.
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
To know the great men dead is compensation for having to live with the mediocre.
Victory; a matter of staying power.
Don't make excuses, make good.
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