You can succeed if nobody else believes it but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself.

Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities.

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

You can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself.

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

Your greatness is measured by your kindness.

Beware of ignorance when in motion; look out for inexperience when in action, and beware of the majority when mentally poisoned with misinformation, for collective ignorance does not become wisdom.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you...

Writers cleave together like a demonic AA group - we are singularly able to dance with each other's devils...

Death actually never kills you, time does

Meditation makes the entire nervous system go into a field of coherence.

You can understand why a system would seek information - but why in hell does it offer information? Why do we strive to be understood? Why is a refusal to accept communication so painful?

If you have one volcano in the world, that one volcano puts out more carbon dioxide than everything man puts out.

A fundamental condition of Being is slavery. Man is the slave of God, and God that of His vanity.

When it comes to health and well-being, regular exercise is about as close to a magic potion as you can get.

It's interesting to think about how the book changed us.