It"s a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won"t go.

Discontentment makes rich people poor while contentment makes poor people rich. read more

• Thought Discontentment Makes Rich People Poor While Contentment

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. read more

• Thought Inaction Breeds Doubt Fear Action Confidence Courage Want Conquer Do Sit Home Think About Go Get Busy

Imagination is not a talent of some people but is the health of everyone. read more

• Thought Imagination Talent Some People Health Everyone

Men always want to be a woman"s first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. read more

• Thought Men Want Woman First Love Their Clumsy Vanity Women More Subtle Instinct About Things

Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days. read more

• Thought Planning Ahead Measure Class Rich Even Middle Plan for Future Generations Poor Few Weeks Days

The centre of me is always and eternally in terrible pain ... A searching for something beyond what the world contains, something trans?guring and in?nite. read more

• Thought Centre Eternally Terrible Pain Searching for Something Beyond What World Contains Trans Guring Nite

Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy. read more

• Thought Italy Spring First Love Together Suffice Gloomiest Person Happy

The essence of the liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment. read more

• Thought Essence Liberal Outlook Lies What Opinions Held How They Instead Dogmatically Tentatively Consciousness New Evidence Any Moment Lead Their Abandonment

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. read more

• Thought Fact Opinion Been Widely Held Evidence Whatever Utterly Absurd

Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supports, no longer to invent allies in the sky, but rather to look to our own efforts here below to make this world a fit place to live in, instead read more

• Thought Science Teach Us Think Our Own Hearts Longer Look Around for Imaginary Supports Invent Allies Sky Rather Efforts Below World Fit Place Live Instead