The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. That is possible for him who never argues and strives with men and facts, but in all experience retires upon himself, and looks for the ultimate cause of things in himself.

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. The roots o…

I was convinced - and I am so still - that the fundamental principles of Christianity have to be proved true by reasoning, and by no other method. Reason, I sa…

We came to a tree which was still bare, and on which the birds were singing out gaily in the morning, without any fear of us. Then stooping over like an Indian…

'Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.'

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.

Failure is success if we learn from it.