“A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.”

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

All right, then, I’ll go to hell.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books You will be reading meanings.

Life is like an endless book. Each day is a new page and only death can bring the end to this little book of yours.

The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.

The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.

I tried to write you as a novel but you were only meant to be a chapter.

However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?

That individual who reads useful books is no longer on the same plane of thinking as those who neglected them.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.