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.

The conqueror and king in each of us is the Knower of truth. Let that Knower awaken in us and drive the horses of the mind, emotions, and physical body on the pathway which that king has chosen.

When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never.

Take egotism out and you would castrate the benefactors.

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

It would take battalions of angels to protect us from our dreaded dangers, though in a long lifetime few of the dangers come to anything.

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.

The good Lord gave me a brain that works so fast that in one moment I can worry as much as it would take others a whole year to achieve.

Perpetual worry will get you to one place ahead of time - the cemetery.

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.