Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
A smiling face is half the meal.
The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.
I had no idea how much of this was making it through the muffling bag.
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.