Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.

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To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this...

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this...

We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.

We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is...

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is...

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

Time itself comes in drops.

Time itself comes in drops.

Belief creates the actual fact.

Belief creates the actual fact.

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone...

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone...

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any...

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any...

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

Man lives for science as well as bread.

Man lives for science as well as bread.

It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.

It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours...

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours...

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the...

We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the...

I wish my friends houses were connected to mine via secret tunnel.

I wish my friends houses were connected to mine via secret tunnel.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live...

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live...