“A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards”
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“A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards”
“Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength”
“We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.”
“To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives”
“The mosquito knows full well that he is small, he is a beast of prey”
“Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams”
“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without a vision is a nightmare.”
“Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.”
“If you wait for a perfect church, you must wait until you get to heaven; and even if you could find a perfect assembly on earth, I am sure they would not admit you to their fellowship, for you are not perfect yourself.”
“It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head”
“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish”
“It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family”
“Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.”
“There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.”
“A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.”
“Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.”
“In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.”
“There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.”