“When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek for no other rule to judge the event by; it is good and made by a good workman
“Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
“I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line
“The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled
“I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite
“Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he who get the most out of life
“I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries