While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously.

Friendship with one’s self is all important, because without it one can not be friends with anyone else in the world.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right — for you’ll be criticized anyway.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give.

You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.