To Give Up Pretensions Is As Blessed

Choose A Self And Stand By It.

Seek Out That Particular Mental Attribute Which Makes You Feel Most Deeply And Vitally Alive.

The War Against War Is Going To Be No Holiday Excursion Or Camping Party.

Take The Happiest Man, The One Most Envied By The World, And In Nine Cases Out Of Ten His Inmost Consciousness Is One Of Failure. Either His Ideals In The Line Of His Achievements Are Pitched Far Higher Than The Achievements Themselves, Or Else He Has Secret Ideals Of Which The World Knows Nothing, And In Regard To Which He Inwardly Knows Himself To Be Found Wanting.

We Must Make Automatic And Habitual, As Early As Possible, As Many Useful Actions As We Can, And As Carefully Guard Against The Growing Into Ways That Are Likely To Be Disadvantageous.