Quotations

«Freedom is for honest people. No man who is not himself honest can be free ? he is his own trap.»

«Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today, and you make your tomorrow.»

«A person is either the effect of his environment or is able to have an effect upon his environment.»

«There is only one security, and when you've lost that security, you've lost everything you've got. And that is the security of confidence in yourself; to be, to create, to make any position you want to make for yourself. And when you lose that confidence, you've lost the only security you can have. ... Self-confidence is self-determinism. One's belief in one's ability to determine his own course. As long as one has that, he's got the universe in his pocket. And when he hasn't got that, not all the pearls in China nor all the grain and corn in Iowa can give him security, because that's the only security there is.»

«The evolution of knowledge is toward simplicity, not complexity.»

«There are no conflicts which cannot be resolved unless the true promoters of them remain hidden.»

«When you can be your own best audience and when your applause is the best applause you know of, you?re in good shape.»

«Communication is the universal solvent»

«Happiness and strength endure only in the absence of hate. To hate alone is the road to disaster. To love is the road to strength. To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe.»

«Probably the most neglected friend you have is you. And yet every man, before he can be a true friend to the world, must first become a friend to himself.»