"Affirmations are like prescriptions for certain aspects of yourself you want to change."

"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed."

"There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity."

"He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice."

"The real tradegy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort-he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature."

"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."

"Express a mean opinion of yourself occasionally; it will show your friends that you know how to tell the truth."

"Give me where to stand, and I will move the earth."

"We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery."

"When you determined what you want, you have made the most important decision of your life. You have to know what you want in order to attain it."