"The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers...but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds."

"Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction."

"Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader and fuller life."

"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent."

"MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians joined the victorious Opposition."

"You can't deny laughter. When it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants."

"A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last."

"If you have the creative urge, it isn't going to go away. But sometimes it takes a while before you accept the fact."

"The course of life is unpredictable, no one can write his autobiography in advance."

"The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."