“ To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal. ”

“ The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. ”

“ There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker if sad, it must not scream or curse. ”

“ There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self. ”

“ Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible. ”

“ It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ”

“ Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind! ”

“ Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. ”

“ Knowledge about life is one thing effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another. ”

“ Time itself comes in drops. ”