Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.

The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.

Man lives for science as well as bread.

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.