Self distrust is the cause of most of our failures. In the assurance of strength there is strength and they are the weakest however strong who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.

Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.

Successful minds work like a gimlet to a single point.

It is only an error in judgement to make a mistake but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.

Doubt whom you will but never yourself.

It is only error in judgement to make a mistake but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.

A failure establishes only this that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures. They are the weakest however strong who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.

The use we make of our fortune determines as to its sufficiency. A little is enough if used wisely and too much is not enough if expended foolishly.

If two people are so unalike, as you and I, they are pleased when they discover points of agreement. But if they are as alike as Nietzsche and I, they suffer from their differences.

Ideology... is indispensable in any society if men are to be formed, transformed and equipped to respond to the demands of their conditions of existence.

The ability to recognize opportunities and move in new - and sometimes unexpected - directions will benefit you no matter your interests or aspirations.

English television from the Fifties to the Nineties was the least bad in the world, and now it's just as bad as it is anywhere.

The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.

I just started to write because I was fed up of not seeing the stories that I wanted, so I was like “Stop moaning and write something.”

I don t get through many pairs. Luckily enough they are very hard wearing.

He smiles then, and even though it is well past midnight, its as if the sun has just come out.

The distinction of being without an honour is becoming a rare and valuable one and should not become extinct.

We must live in groups; other people are like nutrients for us, and are absolutely essential for our survival.